Dendrobium phlox Schltr.

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Orchid Species: Dendrobium phlox

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium subclausum

Dendrobium phlox is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1912. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium subclausum.

Genus

Dendrobium (Den.)

Grex

phlox

Parents

Species

Author

Schltr.

Year

1912

https://www.orchids.org/grexes/dendrobium-phlox

The species is native to Moluccas and New Guinea where it grows on the trees of the mountain humid forests or on the rocks between the 1200 and the 3000 m of altitude.

The name of the genus is the combination of the Geek substantives “δένδρον” (dendron) = tree and “βίος” (bios) = life, with reference to the numerous species of the genus living on the trees; the specific name is the combination of the Latin prefix “sub” = under, about and of the adjective “clausus, a, um” = closed, with reference to the not completely open flowers.

The Dendrobium subclausum Rolfe (1894) is an epiphytic or lithophytic species with stems at times ramified, thin, lithe, erect or semi-drooping, up to more than 60 cm long, provided of lanceolate leaves with pointed apex, 2,5-6 cm long and 0,3-1 cm broad, of intense green colour at times suffused of dark purple if in particularly luminous position. Inflorescences, on the old pseudobulbs, compact, 1,3 cm long, bearing up to 8 flowers, 2,5 cm long and of about 1 cm of diameter, of orange or bright orange red colour. Clavate ovarium about 2 cm long, ovate dorsal sepal 0,5 cm long and 0,4 cm broad, triangular lateral sepals of the same length as the dorsal merged at the base to form a sort of spur (mentum) 1,4 cm long, elliptic-spatulate petals slightly shorter than the sepals, labellum cucullate (shaped like a hood) bent upward with toothed margin, 1,3 cm long.

Dendrobium subclausum - Monaco Nature Encyclopedia

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