Dendrobium seranicum J.J. Sm. 1928 SECTION Oxyglossum Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Common Name The Mountain Dwelling Dendrobium

Flower Size .07 to 1.1" [1.8 to 2.8 cm]

Found in the Molucca Islands at elevations of 1000 to 1900 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with very small and clustered, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, linear to narrowly lanceolate leaves and blooms on a short, 2 flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes near the apex of mature sometimes leafless pseudobulbs occuring in the winter.

Synonyms Pedilonum seranicum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 3 2005; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006