Dendrobium nareshbahadurii H.B.Naithani 1986 SECTION Stachyobium

Collection sheet and drawing by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation a the JanyRenz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Warm LATE Fall

Common Name or Meaning Naresh Bahaduri's Dendrobium

Flower Size 1 to 1.4" [2.5 to 3.5 cm]

Found in Arunchal Pradesh India at elevations around 600 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect to spreading, fractiflex, several noded cane-like pseudobulbs enveloped by several inflated, just overlapping sheathe and carrying 2 to 4, towards the apex, narrowly oblong, suberect, thinly leathery leaves that blooms in the fall on a slender, pendulous, arising from the nodes near the apex of the stem, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence

Most likely within my framework this species would be best placed within Diplocaulobium but as of now it has not been described as such.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002;

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