Dendrobium sulcatum

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Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)

February to May

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2018-0831A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics

Pendulous inflorescence is 4-8" (10-20 cm) long with 3-15 short-lived yellow-orange flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.

Fragrance

Fragrant

Range

Sikkim to China (S Yunnan) and N Indo-China

Habitat

Tropical valleys; 2300-2625ft (700-800m)

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Common Name

The Furrowed Lip Dendrobium

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Dendrobium

Species

sulcatum

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7d661724e-a1b4-42ad-8a76-22c4eb8593de

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2018-0831A