Dendrobium bifarium Lindl. 1830 SECTION Distichophyllum Hkr.f
LATE
EARLY
Common Name The Two Sided Dendrobium
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Moluccas and Sumatra in lower montane, moss and laurel/oak forests at elevations of 600 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with pendant, thin basally, thicker and fleshier above, leafy stems carrying numerous, lanceolate, apically bilobed, obtuse leaves that blooms in the late winter through early summer on an axillary, very short, single flowered inflorescence
CAUTION An extremely mixed up species. I feel that the first photo by Khamarid [matches Seidenfaden 1992 exactly] is the most correct. The other photos by D Kuehn are most likely either D connatum or another species.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing fide; Orchids of Malaya Segerback 1992 photos fide;
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