Dendrobium rhytidothece Schltr. 1912 SECTION Monanthos Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Wild Orchids of Sumatra Website

Part shade Cool MID Winter through Fall

Common Name or Meaning The Wrinkled Dendrobium

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 1200 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect, flattened, densely leafy stems carrying many, erect, linear leaves that blooms in the mid winter through fall on a short, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Monanthos rhytidothece (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85 drawing good; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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