Dendrobium sarmentosum Rolfe 1896 SECTION Formosae Photo by © Antoni Espinheira and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Fragrance Part shade Warm Cool Winter The ? Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in northern Myanmar without elevational data as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with branching, pendulous, cylindrical, many noded stems carrying ovate-oblong leaves that blooms in the winter on a 2.4" [6 cm] long, 1 to rarely 2 flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes all along the stem and carrying violet scented flowers.

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

Synonyms Dendrobium fragrans Hook.f. 1897

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;

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