Dendrobium sandsii J.J.Wood & C.L.Chan 1994 SECTION Distichophyllum Photo by Orchideen Forum DE

Common Name Sand's Dendrobium [Englsih Botanist at Kew current]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found only in Sabah Borneo in mixed hill forests at elevations around 350 meters as a large sized, hot growing, pendulous epiphyte with elongate, pendent stems enveloped completley by leafless becominig leafbearing towards the apex sheaths and carrying 6 to 7 ligulate, acutely unequally bilobed apically articulate, distichous leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, single flowered inflorescence with resupinate flowers

Synonyms Distichorchis sandsii (J.J.Wood & C.L.Chan) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; *Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 1 1994 drawing/photo fide;

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