Dendrobium xanthophlebium Lindl. 1857 SECTION Formosae

Photos by Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Yellow Veined Dendrobium

Flower Size

Found in Myanmar and Thailand at elevations around 1350 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with smooth, quill like, green and white striped stems carrying 2, rarely more, apical, linear-lanceolate, soft-textured and deciduous leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, lateral to terminal inflorescence arising on a leafed cane with waxy, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Callista xanthophlebia (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium marginatum Bateman ex Hook.f. 1864

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as D marginatum drawing fide; Die Orchideen 2 Auflage Schlechter 1927; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 Schlechter/Brieger 1981; Opera Botanica #83 Orchid Genera in Thailand XII Dendrobium Sw. Seidenfaden 1985 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide

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