Dendrobium phillipsii Ames & Quisumb. 1935 SECTION Calcarifera
Photos by © Alexis Solly
Photos by © Ian Chung
Common Name or Meaning Phillips' Dendrobium [Philippine Orchid enthusiast in 1930's]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found only on Mindanao Island of the Philippines at elevations around 800 meters as a medium to just large sized, warm growing epiphyte with semipendulous, close set, terete, elongate, reddish brown, smooth canes carrying lanceolate, acute, papery, deciduous leaves that blooms on a short, 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, greeen floral bracts and carrying slightly fragrant flowers.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 drawing/photo fide; Orchidiana Philippiniana Valmayor 1984 drawing ok; Orchid Species Culture Baker 1996; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Dendrobiums HP Wood 2006; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2009 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of the Philippines Cootes and Tiong 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 photo fide;
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