Dendrobium monophyllum F.Muell. 1858 SECTION Monophyllaea Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of The Budroviche's
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Common Name The Single Leafed Dendrobium - The Lily of the Valley Orchid
Flower Size .2 to .4" [.5 to 1 cm]
Found in Queensland and New South Wales Australia on exposed rock faces, open forests and on the outer branches of rainforest trees as well as coastal forest at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte or lithophyte that require high light and constant air movement and have an erect stem that becomes ridged with age carrying 1 to rarely 2, oval, thin, dark green leaves and blooms in the summer and early fall on an erect, 2 to 8" [5 to 10 cm] long inflorescence taht arises from near the apex of the newest mature pseudobulb and carries from 3 to 20, nodding, bell-shaped, long-lasting and sweetly smelling flowers
Synonyms Australorchis monophylla ( F.Muell. ) Brieger 1981; Callista monophylla ( F.Muell. ) Kuntze 1891; Callista tortilis (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium tortile A. Cunningham non Lindley 1839
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 4 1966; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 11 1993 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 2 2003 photo; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Australorchis monophylla
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