Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Rchb.f 1875 SECTION Densiflora Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding.
Another Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Hanging Gardens Common Name The Pine Cone-Like Raceme Dendrobium - In Thailand - Ueang mawn khai - In China Qui Hua Shi Hu
Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]
Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Hainan China, Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Myanamr, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam as a small to large sized, warm to cool growing, epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial speciesfound in humid, mossy mixed and coniferous forests enjoys lots of light and air movement and has slender, ridged, rounded, club-shaped, yellowish apically stems carrying 5 to 7, persistent, smooth, flexible, dark green leaves that blooms in the spring on a pendant, 12" [30 cm] long, densly several to many [30 to 50] fragrant flowered raceme that arise from near the apex of the cane and is best mounted on driftwood and is a native of The Himalayas, China, Thailand and Burma at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters with semi shade. Water sparingly throught he winter months and reduce the fertilizer until the initiation of new growth in the spring.
Synonyms Callista thyrsiflora (Rchb.f. ex André) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium densiflorum var. alboluteum Hook.f. 1869; Dendrobium galliceanum Linden 1890;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D Galliceanum; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 9 1959 photo as D densiflorum var albo-luteum; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 10 1964 photo; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 3 1979 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 6 1981 photo fide; 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; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 4 2002 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; 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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