Dendrobium odiosum Finet 1901 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Plant and Flowers Photos by Marius Wasbauer ©

Common Name

Flower Size almost 1 1/4" [to 4 cm]

Found in Yunnan Province in the south of China at elevations of 200 to 1500 [1600 to 2150] meters as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic orchid with slender, occasionally branching stems carrying linear, 3/4" [2 cm] long or less, unequally bidentate apically leaves that blooms on a short, axillary, 1 to 2 flowered, fragrant inflorescence that arises from the apical leaf axils of last years mature canes and occurin in the spring with strongly scented [honey] flowers. In the winter the water should be reduced and the fertilizer eliminated until new growth appears in the spring.

IF your plant has leaves longer than 3/4" [2 cm] then your orchid is D hancockii.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cristenson 6/2007 pers comm.