Dendrobium ruckeri Lindl. 1843 SECTION Dendrobium Photo by Copyright © W C Schraut and Orchids and More Website
Plant Photos by © Pierre Bonnet from the Orchis project website
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Common Name Rucker's Dendrobium [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]
Flower Size 1.4 to 1.6" [3.5 to 4 cm]
Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Myanamar and Laos? at elevations of 1300 to 1700 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with long, slender, smooth, branching, becoming pendulous stems carrying linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms i nthe late winter and spring on a short, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes near the apex of the stem and carries fragrant flowers
Synonyms Callista ramosa Kuntze 1891; Callista ruckeri (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium ramosum Lindl. 1830
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing not; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 drwaing; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums Wood 2006 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007
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