Dendrobium neuroglossum Schltr. 1905 SECTION Grastidium Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Veined Lip Dendrobium

Flower Size .5" [1.3 cm]

Found in Papua New Guinea at elevations of 1000 to 1300 meters on forest trees as a large sized, cool growing epiphyte with cylindrical, pendulous canes carry several, oblong, thin leaves and blooms in the late spring and early summer on a few, short, 2 flowered, racemose inflorescence.

Synonyms Grastidium neuroglossum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002

Dendrobium aff neuroglossum Schltr. 1905SECTION Grastidium Photo by Brian Hodgkins © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

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