Dendrobium striatellum Carr 1932 SECTION Bolbodium Schlechter 1912 Photo by © Vincent Wanua and Orchids Vincent Website

Common Name The Striped Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in penninsular Malaysia at elevations of 50 to 300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a creeping, branching rhizome giving rise to erect to suberect, thickened, olive-yellow often tinged with red, 8 angled towards the apex stems carrying 2, fleshy, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse with small bristles, dark green often with a red tint leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, axillary, single flowered inflorescence and carrying short lived flowers

Synonyms Bolbodium striatellum (Carr) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Baker's 1996;

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