Dendrobium moquetteanum J.J.Sm. 1917 SECTION Distichophyllae
Plant Photos courtesy of © André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen © and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
Common Name Moquette's Dendrobium [Plantation Owner in Borneo early 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Borneo in lower montane podosol forests always above the canopy in full sun at elevations around 400 to 1400 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with 1.6 to 2.4" between each, elongate, pale, yellow-green, 4 angled canes carrying many, linear, dark green, leathery, apically bilobed and slightly twisted basally that blooms at most any time of the year on a few single flowered inflorescence that arise from the nodes along the stem
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman & Wood 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide;
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