Dendrobium concavum J.J.Sm. 1905 SECTION Aporum

TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria WebPage

Part sun Warm LATER Fall

Common Name The Concave Dendrobium

Flower Size .36" [.9 cm]

Found in Sulawesi and the Moluccas on trees at elevations around 900 meters as amedium sized, warm growing epiphyte with elongate, flattened stems carrying 6 to 8, imbricating, lanceolate, laterally flattened, acute leaves that blooms in the lateer fall on a short, arising towards the apex, single flowered inflorescence carrying white flowers.

Synonyms Aporum concavum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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