Dendrobium dalatense Gagnep. 1930 SECTION Aporum

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Part shade Cool

Common Name The Dalat Dendrobium [A province of Vietnam]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in southern Vietnam as a small to medium sized, cool growing orchid with an erect stem enveloped by leaf bearing sheaths carrying a single terete, linear leaf that blooms on shot 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence arising on the leafless apical part of the stem.

Synonyms Aporum dalatense (Gagnep.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000;

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