Dendrobium obrienianum Kraenzl. 1892 SECTION Calcarifera
TYPE Drawing by Kraenzlin
Drawing by Oakes Ames
EARLY
Common Name O'Brien's Dendrobium
Flower Size .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm]
Found on Luzon within the Philippines without locational data as a medium sized epiphyte with cane-like, reddish, pendulous, slightly clavate stems carrying oblong-lanceolate, papery, decidous leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer on a lateral, from the upper nodes of the stem, pendulous, [5 to 8" [12.5 to 20 cm] long, to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying greenish yellow with white at the base and the lip is white occasionally with purple lines or dirty looking red streaks.
Synonyms Dendrobium striatum auct. 1905; Eurycaulis obrienianus (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. 2003;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 drawing fide; Das Pflanzenreich Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinaae Kraenzlin 1910 drawing fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Baker 1995; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006
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