Labeled as Den. kingianum but is that correct...?

[Blueszz]

This is what I've found on: Larch Hill Orchids - Dendrobium Kingianum

Never read this before, is this true?

Dendrobium kingianum is found in both northern and southern areas and thus has two different clones, a tall clone which is the most common one in culture and a short clone which gives more compact plants. In addition to all this D. kingianum throws keikiis like crazy and even keikiis will blossom.

[Roy]

Originally Posted by Blueszz

Never read this before, is this true?

Dendrobium kingianum is found in both northern and southern areas and thus has two different clones, a tall clone which is the most common one in culture and a short clone which gives more compact plants. In addition to all this D. kingianum throws keikiis like crazy and even keikiis will blossom.

This a fairly broad statement that is true in certain respects. I wouldn't say it was totaly accurate. There are long canes and short canes, ones that throw lots of keikis and some don't. This mainly applies to the wild collected species and as many of those plants exist in collections, the generally available clones today are usually man made out crossings of the better clones. The plant pictured could be a wild collected plant but is more likely a man made crossing. Sometimes the only difference is the flower color between wild and nursery produced as the flower shape can be similar. The cane length is irrelevant today as there have been short cane x long cane crossings around for decades. One big difference between short cane and the long is flower count, the short cane plants generally have fewer flowers, 5 +/- and shorter spikes against long spikes with up to 9 - 12 flowers.