Dendrobium dichaeoides Schlechter

This is a miniature species from Papua New Guinea. It can be found at altitudes of 1500-2500m.

The stems grow to about 15-20cm long. Flower size 6-7mm.

Intermediate to cool conditions.

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Common Name The Dichaea-like Dendrobium

Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]

This miniature species comes from northern Papua and New Guinea and is found as a cool to cold growing, pendulous epiphyte in mountain forests on moss covered branches at elevations of 1500 to 2500 meters with soft, slender, erect to pendulous stems carrying many, tiny, distichous, bluish green at right angles to the stem, closely set leaves that all face in one direction and closely set and overlapping. It's bloom season is from late fall through spring on an axillary, short, pendant, densly many flowered, racemose inflorescence that arise from the apex of the leafless cane occuring with 6 to 10, longlasting flowers.

They need a slight lessening of water and fertilizer through the winter to encourage a good flowering as well as shade.

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Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae)
Subtribe	Dendrobiinae
Scientific name	Dendrobium dichaeoides Schlechter
Synonyms	Pedilonum dichaeoides (Schlechter) Rauschert
Distribution	New Guinea
Reference	Dendrobium dichaeoides Schlechter 1912
	Dendrobium dichaeoides Schltr.

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