Dendrobium chrysotainium Schltr.1910 SECTION Aporum Photo by © Art Vogel

Common Name The Golden ? Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Sulawesi at elevations of 800 to 900 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect, swollen at the middle with a slender base and apex stems carrying many, lanceolate, somewhat sickle shaped, in the upper slender part but not at the apex leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, several flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes at the apex of the stem and carrying a cluster of fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Aporum chrysotainium (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983; Ceraia chrysotainia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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