Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb. f. 1886 SECTION Calyptrochilus Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Another Flower Photo By Jay Pfahl

Specimen Plant Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Yellow Color Form Photo courtesy of H&R Nursuries

Purple variety Photo courtesy of David Bealer

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey, plant grown by Howard Gunn

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Common Name The Bracted Dendrobium

Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]

A small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with tufted, erect or pendulous, terete, slender at the base, fleshy and thicker above, to 9 noded, yellowish stems covered in papery sheaths and carrying up to 6, ligulate to oblong, tapering at both ends, coriaceous, rich green leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on 1 1/2" [4 cm] long, pendulous, dense racemes that have fasciculate, ball-like clusters, arising from the nodes near the apex of older psuedobulbs, with 3 to 8, scented, waxy flowers and are found in Papua and New Guinea, the Bismarck archipelago and the Moluccas at elevations of 0 to 700 [1150] meters, and is an epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in rainforests often along rivers and coastlines.

Synonyms Dendrobium bracteosum var. album Sander 1901; Dendrobium bracteosum var. roseum Sander 1901; Dendrobium chrysolabium Rolfe 1889; Dendrobium chrysolabrum Rolfe 1889; Dendrobium dixsonii F.M.Bailey 1899; Dendrobium dixsonii var. eborinum F.M.Bailey 1899; Dendrobium eitapense Schlechter 1912; Dendrobium leucochysum Schlechter 1923; Dendrobium novae-hiberniae Kranzlin 1894; Dendrobium quadrialatum J.J.Sm. 1922; Dendrobium trisaccatum Kranzlin 1910; Pedilonum bracteosum (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum eitapense (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum leucochysum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum quadrialatum [J.J.Sm.] Raushert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D novae-hiberniae drawing good; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D trisaccatum; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/1985; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 11 1978 photo fide; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo fide; Orchids of Asia Soon 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 8 1986 photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 Photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as D quadrialatum; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 8 1996 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999 photo fide; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Botanica's Orchids 2002 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #3 2009 photo fide; Mille Et Une miniOrchidees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo good; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #4 2010 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of New Guinea Andre Schuiteman 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as D bracteosum var album photo fide;

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