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Dendrobium Sunny Bird 'Shine Day'

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

    Object Details

    Description

    This orchid is a D. nobile hybrid, an orchid which has a long history of cultivation in orchid grower circles. For more information, see the record for Dendrobium nobile.

    Parentage

    Dendrobium Okayama Gold x Dendrobium Sunny Girl

    Provenance

    From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

    Accession Number

    2018-0648A

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Life Form

    Epiphytic

    Bloom Characteristics

    Flower is yellow.

    Fragrance

    Fragrant

    Range

    hybrid

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    Common Name

    Dendrobium clonal hybrid

    Group

    [vascular plants]

    Class

    Equisetopsida

    Subclass

    Magnoliidae

    Superorder

    Lilianae

    Order

    Asparagales

    Family

    Orchidaceae

    Subfamily

    Epidendroideae

    Genus

    Dendrobium

    Data Source

    Smithsonian Gardens

    Topic

    Orchids
    Living Collections

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7e820ac80-277c-4ffa-aad3-56cae250252a

    Record ID

    ofeo-sg_2018-0648A

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