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Orchid Species: Gastrochilus dasypogon

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Gastrochilus dasypogon is an orchid species identified by (Sm.) Kuntze in 1891.
Genus
Gastrochilus (Gchls.)
Grex
dasypogon
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
(Sm.) Kuntze
Year
1891
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ORIGIN: Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, pendant, warm to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte with very short stems carrying ovate-oblong, acute, obliquely bidentate apically leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on a 3 to 6 [7 to 12 cm] long, corymbose inflorescence that has ovate bracts and several [5 to 10], simultaneously opening flowers. This humidity loving species needs hot to warm temperatures, year round watering, fertilizer and bright indirect light. Mount it on a branch or on tree fern.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/2 to 1 inch [1.5 to 2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Epidendrum Epi umbellatum 1833 Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.
Add+ Aerides Aer dasypogon 1818 Sm. in A.Rees
Add+ Saccolabium Slm dasypogon 1833 (Sm.) Lindl.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Gchls. dasypogon 'Memoria Larry Magrath' (2 awards from 2007 to 2014) Gchls. dasypogon 'Jack' (2 awards in 1996) Gchls. dasypogon 'Hsinying' (2009) Gchls. dasypogon 'Sophie Madison' (2007) Gchls. dasypogon 'Wen Chih' (2005) Gchls. dasypogon 'Zane' (1999) Gchls. dasypogon 'Minnie' (1985) Gchls. dasypogon 'Fuchs' (1985) Gchls. dasypogon 'Brandenburg' (1979) Slm. dasypogon 'York' (1974) Gchls. dasypogon 'Little Imp' (1967) Slm. dasypogon 'Eureka' (1962)
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