Dickasonia vernicosa L.O. Williams 1941
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, Plant grown by Dan Newman of Hanging Gardens.
Common Name The Varnished Dickasonia
Flower Size .4" to .5" [1 to 1.3 cm]
Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan and Myanamar at elevations of 1700-2500 meters and is a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte. The pseudobulbs are small, smooth and round and carry a single, apical lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, acute, membraneous, 5 to 7 veined, plicate leaf that blooms in the spring on a pendant, 1.8 to 4" [4.5 to 10 cm] long, few to several flowered, racemose inflorescence arises from the base of the mature pseudobulb and the flowers have a slightly musky smell and have 4 pollina. This plant and Kalimpongia narajitii are both considered to be the same species if so then Dickasonia vernicosa takes precedence and Kalimpongia narajiti is a synonym.
Synonyms Kalimpongia narajitii Pradhan 1977
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger, Senghas 1985 photo good; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;
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