Dendrobium olivaceum J.J.Sm. 1912 SECTION Distichophyllae Photo by © Art Vogel

lip detail Photo courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Olive Colored Dendrobium

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Borneo in lower montane forests as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or sometime lithoterrestrial at elevations of 900 to 2000 meters with spreading to pendant, canelike stems carrying suberect t ospreading, coriaceous, subacute, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on a towards the apex, short, single flowered inflorescence with an ovate, dark green floral bract and very fleshy, non-resupinate, sweetly scented flowers

Synonyms Distichorchis olivacea (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim & Woods 1994 drawing/photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide/ photo fide

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