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Orchid Species: Dendrobium papilioniferum

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium crumenatum

Dendrobium papilioniferum is an orchid species identified by J.J.Sm. in 1905. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium crumenatum.
Genus
Dendrobium (Den.)
Grex
papilioniferum
Parents
Species
Author
J.J.Sm.
Year
1905
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ORIGIN: Found in Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Sri Lankha, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, Christmas Islands and the Philippines in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at an altitude of sea-level to 500 meters and grows.

DESCRIPTION: Small to large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with spindle shaped, swollen basally for a few nodes, ridged, yellow with age stems that can branch, carrying, 4 to 19, thick, leathery, eventually deciduous leaves that will flower on the upper nodes of the leafless older canes with several to many fragrant flowers, albeit for only a few hours, after a temperature drop and rain.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 or less inches [5 cm or less] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Dendrobium Den crumenatum 1800 Sw.
Add+ Dendrobium Den maleolens 1910 Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Add+ Aporum Aporum kwashotense 1983 (Hayata) Rauschert
Add+ Aporum Aporum papilioniferum 1983 (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert
Add+ Callista Callista crumenata 1891 (Sw.) Kuntze
Add+ Ceraia Cr papilionifera 2003 (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.
Add+ Ceraia Cr saaronica 2002 (J.Koenig) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Ceraia Cr simplicissima 1790 Lour.
Add+ Dendrobium Den ceraia 1830 Lindl.
Add+ Dendrobium Den kwashotense 1914 Hayata
Add+ Dendrobium Den simplicissimum 1910 (Lour.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Add+ Aporum Aporum crumenatum 1981 (Sw.) Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter
Add+ Ceraia Cr maleolens 2003 (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi caninum 1768 Burm.f.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi ceraia 1797 Raeusch.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi saaronicum 1791 J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
Add+ Onychium Onychium crumenatum 1825 (Sw.) Blume
Add+ Ceraia Cr parviflora 2003 (Ames & C.Schweinf.) M.A.Clem.
Add+ Dendrobium Den caninum 1921 (Burm.f.) Merr.
Add+ Dendrobium Den schmidtianum 1901 Kraenzl.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. crumenatum 'Hurricane Hermine' (2016) Den. crumenatum 'Bielecki's' (2009) Den. crumenatum 'Tammie' (1994) Den. crumenatum 'Michele' (1981) Den. crumenatum 'Kay' (1969)
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