Dendrobium pinifolium Ridl. 1896 SECTION Conostalix

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of © André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen © and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name The Pine-Needle-Like Dendrobium [refers to the terete leaves]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Borneo in lowlands and lower montane forests at elevations of 10 to 300 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot growing epiphyte with dark pilose, grooved stems are completely enveloped by alternate leafbearing sheaths carrying many, terete, fleshy, linear, grooved, acute, dark green leaves that blooms on a very short inflorescence carrying 3 flowers

Synonyms Conostalix pinifolia (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983; Dendrobium squarrosum J.J.Sm. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 5 2010

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