Dendrobium refractum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862 SECTION Distichophyllum

Flower and plant Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Broken up Dendrobium

Flower Size .86" [1.9 cm] across

Found in Lampung Sumatra in lower montane forests as a giant sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with slender, rather 4 angled, elongate stems carrying several, in the upper portion of the stem, strap-shaped, unequally more or less obtusely bilobed apically leaves that blooms year round on short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Distichorchis refracta (Teijsm. & Binn.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 as D kenepaiense not photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 errata for Vol 1; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 10 2012;

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