Gastrochilus dasypogon (J.E.Sm.) Kuntze 1891 SECTION Gastrochilus Photo by © Lourens Grobler
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Common Name The Dense Beard Gastrochilus
Flower Size 1/2" to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm]
Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters as a small sized, pendant, warm to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte with very short stems carrying ovate-oblong, acute, obliquely bidentate apically leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on a 3 to 6" [7 to 12 cm] long, corymbose inflorescence that has ovate bracts and several [5 to 10], simultaneously opening flowers. This humidity loving species needs hot to warm temperatures, year round watering, fertilizer and bright indirect light. Mount it on a branch or on tree fern.
Synonyms *Aerides dasypogon J.E.Sm. 1867; Epidendrum umbellatum Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. 1833; Saccolabium dasypogon Lindley 1833;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Flora Of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002
Gastrochilus dasypogon spotted variety[Lindley]O.Ktze. 1891
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