Dendrobium lasioglossum Rchb.f. 1868 SECTION Formosae Drawing by Fitch © Curtis Botanical Magazine

Common Name The Shaggy Lipped Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm]

Found in New Guinea as a miniature to small sized epiphyte with slender, drooping, nodally branched pseudobulbs carrying flat, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring on short, from near the apex of leafy stems, 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Callista lasioglossa (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Eudendrobium lasioglossum drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 #3 1958 dtrawing fide; Orchid Speecies Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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