Dendrobium subacaule Reinw. ex Lindl. 1859 SECTION Oxyglossum Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Almost Stemless Dendrobium

Flower Size .3 to .4" [.8 to 1 cm]

Found in the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on small moss covered twigs and branches at elevations of 750 to 2500 meters as a super miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or occasional lithoterrestrial with reddish brown pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 oval, deciduolus, dark green above, purple suffused beneath leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on leaf less canes with several, short, 2 flowered inflorescence with the flowers facing each other

Synonyms Callista subacaulis (Reinw. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium begoniicarpum J.J.Sm. 1912; Dendrobium delicatulum Kraenzl. ex Warb. 1892; Dendrobium junzaingense J.J.Sm. 1934; Dendrobium oreocharis Schltr. 1912; Dendrobium tricostatum Schltr. 1912; Pedilonum begoniicarpum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum delicatulum (Kraenzl. ex Warb.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum junzaingense (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum oreocharis (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum subacaule (Reinw. ex Lindl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum tricostatum (Schltr.) Brieger 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 as D oreocharis photo fide; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 3 1991 photo; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobiums Bakers 1996; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 3 2005; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 4 2006 photo;Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 4 2007 photo;

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