Dendrobium pruinosum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862 SECTION Grastidium
Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Common Name or Meaning The Frosted Dendrobium - The Honey Orchid
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in the Moluccas, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland Australia in lowlands and ower montane forests at elevations of sea level to 1000 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with crowded, erect, slightly laterally compressed, many leaved stems enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths and carrying erect, elliptic, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring summer and fall on a lateral from the stem, very short, 2 flowered inflorescence arising through a very short, obtuse spathe and carries honey-scented flowers.
Synonyms Dendrobium crispilobum J.J.Sm. 1912; Dendrobium luteocilium Rupp 1945; Dendrobium microglossum Schltr. 1912; Grastidium luteocilium (Rupp) Rauschert 1983; Grastidium microglossum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Grastidium pruinosum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rauschert 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913/85; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 as D luteochilum photo ok; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Grastidium luteocilium
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