Dendrobium spathilingue J.J.Sm. 1913 SECTION Calcarifera J.J. Sm

Stems and Flowers Photo By Ed Vogel Copyright ©

Common Name The Spatula-Like Lip Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Java and Bali in open, lower montane forests at elevations of 500 to 800 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte, terrestrial or lithophyte with branching, dark, elongated, straggling stems carrying 3 to 8 leaves that blooms in the fall on several, short, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence arising on a leafless, mature pseudobulb

Synonyms Anisopetala spathilinguis (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 6 2010 drawing/photo fide

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