Dendrobium parishii Low 1863SECTION Dendrobium

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Semi Alba Form

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Common Name Parish's Dendrobium [English Misionary and Collector 1800's] - In Thailand - Ueang sai nam khrang - Ueang attakrit - Ueang inthakrit - Ueang sai nam khrang - In China Zi Ban Shi Hu

Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]

Found in Hainan province of China, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests and primary montane forests at an altitude of 250 to 1700 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with erect or downbent, yellowish stems enveloped by white, membraneous sheaths carrying narrowly ovate to elliptic, obtuse, stiff, leathery, blunt, deciduous leaves that are apically notched. Flowering occurs from February through August with a peak season of May and June on a short, 2 to 3 flowered raceme with fragrant [of rhubarb or raspberry], longlasting flowers that are borne at the nodes on the upper half of 2 year old, pendulous, leafless canes.

Some shade and plenty of water while growing as they have heavy cloud cover in nature when the new growths appear. As the growing season goes by the light should be increased and as the new growths mature in the Autumn less water should be given for a drier winter rest to initiate blooming the following season.

Synonyms Callista parishii (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista rhodopterygia (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium polyphlebium Rchb.f. 1887; Dendrobium rhodopterygium Rchb.f 1875

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1868 drawing fide; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as D rhodopterygium; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D rhodopterygium; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910 as D rhodopterygium var emerici; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as D rhodopterygium; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as D rhodopterygium drawing fide; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Eudendrobium parishii drawing fide; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927 as D rhodopterygium; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960 photo fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as D rhodopterygium; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #10 1967 photo fide; Beautiful Indian Orchids and How to grow them Ghose 1968; AOS Bulletin Vol 44 #9 1975 photo fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Indian Orchids : A guide to Identification and Culture Vol II Pradhan 1979 photo fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 Schlechter/Brieger 1981; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing/photo fide; Simon & Schuster's Guide to Orchids Orchids 1988 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 drawing; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 Photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine & Anderson 1991 as D rhodopterum Photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombay 1992 photo fide as D parishii var albasepalum; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombay 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 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; AOS Bulletin Vol 9 1996 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as D rhodopterygium; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 as D rhodopterygium photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Botanica's Orchids 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 no 9 2004 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 as D rhodopterygium phhoto ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 10 2006 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 as D rhodopterygium; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #7 2008 drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #4 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; A Guide to the Orchids of Myanamar Kurzwell & Lwin 2014 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Hyan Tun [Mr Myanmar] 2014 Photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Hyan Tun [Mr Myanmar] 2014 as D rhodopterygium Photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 82 #3 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #1 2019 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 pho0to fide

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