Dendrobium poneroides Schltr. 1911 SECTION Monanthos Photo by Mrs Ralph Levy © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

Part ShadeHot Spring THROUGH Fall

Common Name or Meaning The Ponera-Like Dendrobium

Flower Size .4" [.9cm]

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 75 to 900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with clustered, slender, flattened stems carrying many leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on a short, single flowered inflorescence arising through the nodes along the stem.

Synonyms Monanthos poneroides (Schltr.) Brieger 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 drawing; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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