Dendrobium anamalayanum Chandrab., V.Chandras. & N.C.Nair 1981 SECTION Stachyobium Photo by © Grazyna Sieminska
Inflorescence Photos by © Mathew Jose Mathew
Common Name The Anamala Dendrobium [Hills in southwestern India]
Flower Size .64" [1.6 cm]
Found in southern India at elevations of 1000 to 1980 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with ovoid, greenish-pink stems enveloped basally by sheaths and carrying 2 at the stem apx, elliptic leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, arising between the leaves at the apex of the stem, 5" [12.5 cm] long, 5 to many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;
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