Dendrobium ????? - Orchid Board

Magnus A · #1 12-19-2008, 09:27 PM

Dendrobium from the section Oxyglossum, bought as petiolatum but it does not match! Any suggestions?

Shirley · #2 12-19-2008, 10:42 PM

Sorry, Magnus. I can't help with the ID but sure do like this bloom. What gorgeous colour!

ronaldhanko · #3 12-19-2008, 10:48 PM

Looks like Dend. violacaeum to me, which is from section Oxyglossum.

britishbulldog · #4 12-29-2008, 06:41 AM

I'm still going for Den.petiolatum. Violaceum has "grassier" growth and is "pagoda-like" from the shape of the flower,which is a lot paler too!!
Simon

taipan · #5 01-02-2009, 12:00 AM

Magnus
I am inclined to say that the plant shown is the same as one shown by "Pheli" on another thread
It has been available in Thailand as Den."tanyii " although Pheli obtained it in Taiwan as something else. Peter O'Byrne wrote an article ( Orchid Society of Sth East Asia )saying that it is Den.bracteosum going on to say that it was within the variations of bracteosum. I have seen about 20 to 30 plants of this in flower ( side by side ) some looked exactly like bracteosum whilst others had a slight variation & looked similar to the one shown.Yours looks like a small plant - same size of mine when I first got it.