Dendrobium ochthochilum P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. 2003 SECTION Distichophyllae

Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany enz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Folded Lip Dendrobium

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Sumatra at elevations of 1500 to 1700 meters as a cool growing epiphyte with a branching stem and carrying in the upper 2/3's, distichous, ovate, twisted to be in one plane, unequally apically bilobed, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the spring on axillary, single flowered inflorescence arising on leafy canes.

Similar to D connatum but this one differs in the colors [initially greenish-white with green veins, but soon changes to yellow green to light brown or salmon with darker green to brown veins] of the flower, the broader petals, the large flap like side lobes to the lip and 2 large, very swollen papillose keels that extend from the hypochile to the middle of the epichile.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 pg 628 as D connatum fide; *Malayan Orchid Review 37: 91 O'Byrne & Vermuellen 2003 photo/drawing fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 10 2012;

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