Dendrobium officinale Kimura & Migo 1936 SECTION Dendrobium
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Common Name
Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]
Found in Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, southeastern Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces of China on trees in sparse woods or moss covered limestone at elevations of 1200 to 1600 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with erect, terete, slender many noded stems carrying 3 to 5, on the upper 1/3 of the stem, distichous, oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, obtuse apically leaves that blooms in the spring on a .8 to 1.6" [2 to 4 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence arising from the upper nodes of an old leafless cane.
Synonyms Callista stricklandiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium funiushanense T.B.Chao, Z.X.Chen & Z.K.Chen 1992; Dendrobium pere-fauriei Hayata 1916; Dendrobium stricklandianum Rchb.f. 1877; Dendrobium tosaense Makino 1891; Dendrobium tosaense var. chingshuishanianum S.S.Ying 1989; Dendrobium tosaense var. pere-fauriei (Hayata) Masam. 1933
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 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; Native Orchids of Shaanxi - Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as D huoshanense photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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