SECTION Crumenata Pfitzer 1889
TYPE: = Dendrobium crumenatum Swartz 1799
Synonyms Ampullacea Pfitz 1889; Ceraia Lour. 1790; Section Ampullaria Pfitzer 1889; Section Clavatae Ridl. 1896; Section Crumenata [Pfitzer] Breiger 1981; Section Linearifolia Breiger 1981; Section Rhopalanthe Schltr. 1912; Section Virgatae Hkrf 1890; Subgenus Crumentata [Pfitzer] Kraenzl 1910; Subgenus Rhopalobium Schltr. 1912
Characterized by the long, slender basally swollen stems carrying fleshy overlapping leaves that blooms with usually single flowers on the apical elongate leafless stem and carrying short lived flowers that are brought on by a temperature drop.
Dendrobium calcaratimentum P.O'Byrne 2015 Kalimantan Borneo
Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Sri Lankha, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, Christmas Islands and the Philippines
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