ORCHIDACEAE: Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1299 (1830).

Synonym
Callista chrysantha (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Dendrobium paxtonii Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 43 (1839).
Dendrobium chrysanthum var. microphthalama Rchb.f., Gard. Chron.,
n.s., 11: 366 (1879).
Dendrobium chrysanthum var. anophthalama Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s.,
19: 44 (1883).

Distribution: Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China
Current pic taken at KFBG, Hong Kong.

Regards
Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
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[Ushadi micromini]

Pankaj : what is the white tissue like covering on the stem between
"nodes"...
if thats what they are called in Orchid...

Does the " bark" split that way?

by the way nice unusual flower... Dont think have seen it before..
or at least my brain hasn't saved it...

Usha di
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[Madhuri Pejaver]

Real good pics. What bright colour and the contrast too. Seen till now dendrobia only in white.
Madhuri
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[Dinesh Valke]

... as usual, thoroughly beautiful pictures.
Regards.
Dinesh