ORCHIDACEAE: Dendrobium pachyglossum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Dendrobium pachyglossum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London
30: 149 (1874).

Synonyms:
Callista pachyglossa (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:
655 (1891).
Conostalix pachyglossa (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rauschert, Feddes
Repert. 94: 444 (1983).
Dendrobium abietinum Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 252 (1896).
Dendrobium fallax Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 28: 242 (1956).

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Distribution: Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia
Present pic taken at KFBG among collections from Thailand.
By the way, I am going to Laos on 25th April, yeppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....
for Orchid survey..and to China in May!!!

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"Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Conservation Officer

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[Pankaj Kumar]

I was thinking, why such small flower and why it is appressed on the
stem. There has to be some use of this adaptation.
I assume its a kind of pollination where the insects crawling on the
stem, go inside the flower may be.... but just an assumption!!

[Balkar Singh]

Beautiful Shots Pankaj Ji with information. this flower itself looks like an insect......

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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