Dendrobium pachyglossum Parish & Rchb. f. 1874 SECTION Conostalix Photo by © Manorot Tangsaveepha and the The Butterfly & Orchid Website

Inflorescence Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

Back Side of Flowers Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

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Common Name The Broad Lipped Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Borneo in primary montane forests as a small to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte found low on trees or mossy rocks at elevations of 610 to 1220 meters with slender, somewhat pendant, basally and apically narrowed, clustered stems carrying many, grass-like, linear leaves with black, hairy leaf sheaths that blooms on a very short, lateral, one to few flowered inflorescence arising from the center of the leaf cluster with 1 to 2, color variable flowers. Slightly reduce water and fertilizer through the winter months and resume regular watering in the spring with the onset of new growth.

Synonyms Callista pachyglossa (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Conostalix pachyglossa (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rauschert 1983; Dendrobium abietinum Ridley 1896; Dendrobium fallax Guillam. 1956

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing ok; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1957; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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