Dendrobium gonzalesii Quisumbing 1938 - See Dendrobium ceraula Rchb. f. 1877 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

White color form Photo courtesy of Dale Borders

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Common Name Gonzales Dendrobium [Philippine Orchid Enthusiast 1900's]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

A medium sized, warm and wet grower from the Philippines at an elevation of 860 meters is best tree fern mounted as the clustered, slender, basally swollen canes are pendulous and carry 6 to 10, oblong-lanceolate leaves. The bloom season is in the fall and the 1 to 3 flowers arise on a 1/2" [1.3 cm] long inflorescence from the around the top of the canes and carryying 1 to 3 showy flowers. This species needs a lessening of water in the winter and withhold fertilizer until new growth is evident.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006