Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb. f. 1886 yellow variety SECTION Pedilonum Photo By Jay Pfahl

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 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 uo 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 at elevations of 0 to 700 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 1896; 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 [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ] The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002

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