Dendrobium venustum Teijsm. & Binn. 1864 SECTION Stachyobium

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of David Bealer

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Common Name The Lovely Dendrobium

Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]

Found in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 500 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with arching or pendulous stems carrying to 7, oblong or strap like, leathery, glossy, bright green leaves that blooms in the summer and early fall on an axillary or apical, arching to horizontally spreading, 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, few to many [5 to 25] flowered inflorescence that arises from the nodes near and along the apex of the leafed cane for 2 to 3 months in the early winter water and fertilizer should be reduced and for the end of the winter reduce water even more and eliminate fertilizer until new growth appears in the spring.

Synonyms Callista ciliata Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium ciliatum Parish ex Hooker 1864; Dendrobium ciliferum Bakh. 1963;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D ciliatum; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

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