Dendrobium infundibulum Lindley 1858 SECTION Formosae
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Common Name The Small-Funneled Lip Dendrobium - in Thailand - Ueang ta hoen
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in dense forests as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species found in deciduous trees at altitudes of 200 to 2300 meters with erect, cylindrical, to 10 leafed stem with sheaths covered with black hairs and narrowly ovate or linear-lanceolate, all along the new stem, dark green, obscurely bilobed apically leaves that can bloom at almost anytime of the year but mostly in the spring and summer with an axillary, short, 2 flowered raceme that arises from the nodes near the apex of the older leafless canes.
This species has been misidentified as D wattii from China.
They need a dry winter rest from water and fertilizer and need temperatures a bit cooler than Cattleyas.
Synonyms Callista infundibulum (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium jamesianum Rchb.f 1869; Dendrobium moulmeinense hort. Low ex Warn. & Wms. 1893
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D infundibulum var jamesianum; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D infundibulum var ornatissimum; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D infundibulum var carneopticum; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo ok; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as D infundibulbon var jamesianum; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927 photo ok; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927 as D infundibulbon var jamesianum; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 5 1957 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as D jamesianum; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as D infundibulbon var jamesianum; Beautiful Indian Orchids and How to grow them Ghose 1968; Beautiful Indian Orchids and How to grow them Ghose 1968 as D jamesianum; Orchid Digest Vol 38 #4 1974 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 44 #9 1975 as D jamesianumphoto fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Orchids in Colour Ritterhausen 1979 photo fide; Indian Orchids: A guide to Identification and Culture Vol II Pradhan 1979 photo ok; Indian Orchids: A guide to Identification and Culture Vol II Pradhan 1979 as D infundibulum var jamesianum; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 633 - 752 Brieger 1981 photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 photo fide; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing/photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 Photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 as D infundibulum var jamesianum Photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombay 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 photo fide; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo good; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 5 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 12 2004 photo good; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #4 2010 photo/drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #6 2011; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #1 2013 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Hyan Tun [Mr Myanmar] 2014 Photo ok?; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #1 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #2 2017 photo fide;
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