Dendrobium parcum Rchb.f. 1866 SECTION Herbacaea Photo courtesy of Ron Parsons
Flower and Cane Photo courtesy of Botanická zahrada a arboretum Mendelova zemedelská a lesnická univerzita v Brne, Brno, Czech
Common Name The Insignificant Dendrobium
Flower Size .4" [to 2 cm]
Found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 750 to 1450 meters as a medium sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte with thin, purple, branching stems that become furrowed with age and carry at the apex 4 to 6, linear-lanceolate leaves and blooms in the winter on a short, single flowered inflorescence scattered along mostly leafless stems with 2 to 5 small flowers.
Synonyms Callista parca (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium hexadesmia Rchb.f. 1869; Dendrobium listeroglossum Kraenzl. 1892; Dendrobium parcoides Guillaumin 1955; Dendrobium tapingense W.W.Sm. 1921
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 drawing fide; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing fide; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1892 as D listeroglossum drawing fide; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007
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