Dendrobium griffithianum Lindl. 1836 SECTION Densiflora
Photo by Jean Claude George
Photo by Howard Wood
Common Name Griffith's Dendrobium [English Collector in Myanmar 1800's] - In Thailand Ueang Matcha Luang
Flower Size 1 1/2 to 2" [3.75 to 5 cm]
Found in Assam India, Myanmar and Thailand high up in trees around 490 to 500 meters in elevation as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with clavate-fusiform, thicker towards the apex, deeply sulcate, to 5 noded, shiny yellow stems carrying 2 to 3, apical, leathery, ovate or oblong, very shortly petiolate, acute leaves that blooms on a 6 to 10" [15 to 25 cm] long, suberect to pendant, loosely few to many flowered inflorescence arising on the nodes at or near the apex of the cane with long-lasting, spicy floral scented flowers occuring in the spring.
Similar to D. guibertii but it has elongate canes and D densiflorum but it has a shorter, rounder lip that does not envelop the column
Give a 2 to 3 month dry winter rest from waterings and fertilizer until new growth appears in the spring. Biweekly mistings help keep the plants from drying out too much as long as the humidity is kept high.
Synonyms Callista griffithiana (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 6 1981 photo fide; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 Photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombay 1992 photo good; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchid Digest Vol 63 #1 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo hmm; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 2 2005 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo good; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 no 2 2008 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Hyan Tun [Mr Myanmar] 2014 Photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; Taiwania 63(3) New Orchids (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae and Vandoideae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Van Canh NGUYEN, Hoang Tuan NGUYEN, Ba Vuong TRUONG, Phi Tam NGUYEN, Sinh Khang NGUYEN, Tatiana V. MAISAK, Hiep Tien NGUYEN, Duc Nam BUI, Xuan Canh CHU 2018; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo fide;
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