Dendrobium tenue J.J.Sm. 1917 SECTION Crumenata Photo by © Petrus Kurniawan and Flickr Orchid Website

Common Name The Delicate Dendrobium [refers to the stems]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found only in Borneo as a miniature sized epiphyte without locality information with clustered, very slender, basally club shaped, dark olive green stems carrrying lax several, dirty green, terete fleshy leaves that blooms in the summer on a short, 1 to few flowered inflorescence arising from near the apex of the stem

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution.

Synonyms Aporum tenue (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Ceraia tenuis (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1995;

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