Dendrobium sulphureum Schltr. var. cellulosum ( J.J.Sm. ) T.M.Reeve & P.J.B.Woods 1989 SECTION Oxyglossum Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Common Name or Meaning The Sulfer Yellow Dendrobium

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in New Guinea in mountain cloud forests on mossy tree trunks and twigs , at forest edges in subalpine grasslands and on trees in open grasslands at elevations of 1800 to 3600 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with ellipsoid or oval pseudobulbs carrying 2, erect, elliptic leaves that are deciduous with persistant leaf sheaths and blooms at any time of the year on a .7" [1.8 cm] long, inflorescence with 1 to 2, rarely 3 or 4 flowers arising on a leafy or leafless pseudobulb

Synonyms *Dendrobium cellulosum J.J.Sm. 1929; Pedilonum sulphureum ( Schltr. ) S.Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 3 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo;