Dendrobium vesiculosum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 SECTION Dendrobium

Plant and Flowers Photo by Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Blistered Dendrobium

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in New Guinea in disturbed rainforests at elevations around 500 to 690 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with stems carrying to 8, deciduous, leaves grouped in the apical 1/3 of the stem that blooms at most any time of the year on several, lateral, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence arising on the leafless pseudobulbs and carrying flowers that last about 5 to 10 days.

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

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo good

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