Dendrobium psuedoglomeratum J.J.Wood & T.M.Reeve 1982 SECTION Pedilonum Photo by © Lourens Grobler.

Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Golden Gate Orchids.

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Common Name The Pseudo-Glomeratum Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/2 to 1 1/2" [1.25 to 3.75 cm]

Found on the island of Papua and New Guinea on trees in riverine forest around sealevel to 1830 meters, it is a hot to warm growing epiphyte with seemi-erect, cane-like stems carrying many deciduous leaves that blooms in the spring and fall on a short inflorescence with many [15], sweetly fragrant flowers clustered close together on the nodes near the apex of the leafless or leafed cane and is best mounted on tree fern if watered daily in the summer, otherwise any fast draining media is alright for potting. This species requires no special winter rest.

Synonyms Coelandria chrysoglossa (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium chrysoglossum Schlechter 1912; Pedilonum chrysoglossum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

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