Dendrobium moorei F. Muell. 1869 SECTION Dendrocoryne

Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Marius Wasbauer

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Common Name Moore's Dendrobium [Australian Collector of species 1800's] - Drooping Cane Orchid

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found only on Lord Howe Island in the Pacific in between Australia and New Zealand at elevations below 1000 meters and is a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte, lithophyte and terrestrial with basally thickened, angled and furrowed stems carrying 2 to 6 apical, lanceolate, leathery, thin textured leaves which blooms on a 6" [15 cm] long, racemose, many flowered inflorescence arising from nodes near the apex with waxy, fragrant flowers occuring in the spring and fall. This species if overwatered will produce aerial keikis and is best grown in pots with an open mix with moderate shade, plenty of water and fertilizer while growing and less in the fall and winter when it becomes dormant.

Synonyms Callista moorei (F.Muell.) Kuntze 1891; Thelychiton moorei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Tropilis moorei (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 10 1993 photo; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Australia Riley & Banks 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Thelychiton moorei

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