Dendrobium subquadratum J.J. Sm. 1908 SECTION Latouria

Another Flower Angle Photos by © Jo Levy and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Sikin's Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/2 to almost 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm]

This hot growing New Guinea epiphyte occurs at elevations of 300 to 500 meters with cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, acuminate, cuneate below leaf that blooms in the winter on a wiry, erect to arching, from 1 1/4' to 4 3/4" [3.1 to 11.8 cm] long, racemose, laxly few to several flowered inflorescence that arises from the nodes at or near the apex of the cane.

Synonyms Dendrobium sikini Schltr. 1912; Sayeria subquadrata (J.J. Sm.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85 as D sikini drawing good; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85; Orchid Species Culture, Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide;

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