Dendrobium exaltatum Schltr. 1912 SECTION Grastidium Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Bizarre Dendrobium

Flower Size .75" [1.8 cm]

Found in New Guinea in montane forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a large to giant sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with slightly flattened, leafy stems carrying many leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an axillary, short, 2 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Grastidium exaltatum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 drawing fide; Neue Orchideen Papuasiens J J Smith 1934; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums Wood 2006 photo fide

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