Dendrobium harveyanum Rchb.f. 1883 SECTION Densiflora Flower Closeup
Photos by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Photos by Marius Wasbauer Copyright ©
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Common Name Harvey's Dendrobium [Irish Orchid Enthusiast 1800's and first to flower species] - In China Su Ban Shi Hu - In Thailand Ueang Kham Foi
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Yunnan province of China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 1100 to 1700 meters as a rare, small sized, cool growing epiphyte on tree trunks and large branches from with erect, spindle-shaped, deeply sulcate stems with 2 to 9, apical, deciduous, ovate-oblong, leathery leaves that blooms in February through April on an pendant, to 6" [15 cm] long, few to several flowered, racemose, lax inflorescence that arises from the nodes near the apex of older leafless canes with 2 to 9, fragrant flowers scented of honey.
This Dendrobium should be mounted to best accommodate the wet-dry, high humidity, and bright light requirements of this species. The dry winter rest from water and fertilizer should begin at Halloween and continue until Valentine's Day to insure the best growth and blooming.
Synonyms Callista harveyana (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing fide; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombay 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 photo fide; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #1 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Le Petit Larousse des Orchidees Lecoufle, Barthelemy & Schmidt 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #9 2014 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Hyan Tun [Mr Myanmar] 2014 Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #2 2019 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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