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Orchid Species: Dendrobium chrysotainium
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Dendrobium chrysotainium is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1910.
ORIGIN: Found in Sulawesi at elevations of 800 to 900 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect, swollen at the middle with a slender base and apex stems carrying many, lanceolate, somewhat sickle shaped, in the upper slender part but not at the apex leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, several flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes at the apex of the stem and carrying a cluster of fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 inch [2.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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