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Common Name The Furrowed Lip Dendrobium - In Thailand - Ueang champa nan - In China Ju Cao Shi Hu

Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]

This small to medium sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte has flattened 10" [25 cm] long psudobulbs and a short, pendulous inflorescence produced below the leaf and is not much longer with very short lived, fimbriate flowers which appear in the late spring. It is found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and south central China in tropical valleys at altitudes of 500 to 1000 meters.

Synonyms Callista sulcata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing not; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 3 1958 drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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