Dendrobium percnanthum Rchb.f. 1886 SECTION Spatulata Photo by © Rachmat Setiawan and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Another Angle Photo by © Petrus Kurniawan and The Petrus Kurniawan Blogspot

Common Name or Meaning The ? Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in the Moluccas in lowlands as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with robust, shiny, grooved basally, bamboo-like stems that blooms in the winter on about 5 on a stem, towards the apex, densely, many flowered inflorescence.

CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this determination so please use with caution!

Synonyms Durabaculum percnanthum (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 #4 1982; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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