Dendrobium biloculare J.J. Sm. 1925 SECTIOM Holochrysa Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Two Eyed Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25cm]

Found in Western New Guinea as a medium sized, pendulous growing epiphyte in shaded areas with clavate, grooved, dull yellow pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, pointed and elliptic leaves that blooms on a short, axillary, pendant, to 6" long, racemose inflorescence arising from the nodes at or near the apex of the cane. This orchid sould be watered regularly in the sporing, summer and fall but in the winter the plant should be allowed to dry out between waterings and given less fertilizer until new growth appears in the spring.

This species along with D fuscatum have been said to be a synonym of D gibsonii. I will leave them separtae for now

Synonyms Sayeria bilocularis (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

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