Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Dendrobium macrostachyum

Also known as Dendrobium aphyllum, this is the most common dendrobium found in the lowlands of Kerala. It is native to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and blooms from March to June. The flowers measure about an inch across. Shown below are two different variants. The second one has a more rounder form and is fragrant.











11 comments:

  1. Excellent. I am overjoyed seeing these pictures. I am a huge fan of wild orchids.
    Thanks a lot for posting the pics.

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  3. WOW!! Wonderful.. Is there any other species in that tree-trunk.. Could see some small leaf!

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  4. Thanks. The small leafed species is Pyrrosia heterophylla, a type of dragon scale fern.

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  5. The second variant is a question mark. The labellum looks very different from macro?!

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    1. Both are D. macrostachyum found in the same locality.

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  6. Dendrobium macrostachyum is not known as D. aphyllum which is a different species altogether. D. aphyllum is also known as D.pierardii and D. cucculatum

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    1. That was a problem which Andre Schuiteman from Kew resolved. At the time I wrote this article a confusion existed on which species was the real aphyllum. Den.pierardii won the case.

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  7. Hi PreSam,

    Thanks for writing a nice blog.

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