Dendrobium ellipsophyllum T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951 SECTION Distichophyllae

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Dan and Marla Nikirk

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Common Name The Oval-Leafed Dendrobium - In China Fan Ban Shi Hu

Flower Size almost 1" [2.2 cm]

Found in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Yunnan Province China in evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests as a medium sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters with cane-like, ridged pseudobulbs carrying 14 to 18, bilobed, elliptic, disticous, twisted leaves all facing in one direction that blooms in the spring and summer on a short, single flowered inflorescence arising at opposite the leaves near the apex of the canes and has fragrant flowers. A winter lessening of water and fertilizer is needed and the plants need to dry out between waterings, resume water and fertilizer with the onset of new growth in the spring.

Comparison photos for ID Lips Spread See also D revolutum

Very similar or confused with D revolutum.

Synonyms Distichorchis ellipsophylla (Tang & F.T.Wang) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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