Dendrobium toressae (F.M. Bailey) Dockr. 1964 SECTION Rhizobium
Specimen Plant Photos courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Howard Gunn
Plant and flowers Photos courtesy of Tony Watkinson and the Western Australia Orchid Society, plant grown by Ken Gorey
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Common Name The Torres Strait Dendrobium [A channel between New Guinea and Australia] - The Sparkle Orchid - The Mica Orchid
Flower Size .2" [.5 cm]
Found in northern Queensland Australia on trees and shady rocks as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte at elevations of 50 to 1220 meters in exposed locations with a rhizome that produces leaves all along and has a small vestigal pseudobulb carrying many, alternate, channeled on top, rounded basally, sparkly leaves that blooms on a very short, single flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of the vestigal pseudobulb with longlasting flowers occurring in the spring. Water and fertilizer should be reduced through the winter months but don't allow a complete dryout, resume regular water and fertilizer in the spring as new growth arises.
Synonyms *Bulbophyllum toressae F.M. Bailey 1889; Dockrillia toressae (F.M.Bailey) Brieger 1981; Stelbophyllum toressae (F.M.Bailey) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Stelbophyllum toressae (F.M.Bailey) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 mispelling; Stilbophyllum toressae ( F.M.Bailey ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Australia Riley & Banks 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Stilbophyllum toressae
