mystery dendrochilum

[weederwoman]

I was wondering if this could be a yellow form of dendrochilum cobbianum? Thank you

Flickr: noble's memory's Photostream

[brianwstephens]

It looks a lot like my cobbianum although the flower sprays on mine are much shorter.

[weederwoman]

They seemed a bit long to me too. I hope its not insanely hard to differentiate between all the dendrochilum species. Its definitely smaller in scale than my magnum youngster.

[cbuchman]

Would be helpful to see the entire plant as well as the flowers for identification. Can you post a plant pic?

[weederwoman]

the flower picture is from last year. This years bloom spikes not open yet. To get plant-in-flower picture I'll have to wait a bit. I can get a plant-in-spike shot anytime now, but will that be as helpful?

[weederwoman]

foliage is important. I've added new pics. Now I'm thinking maybe pulcherrimum? but haven't found any close up pics of pulch. flowers yet.

[cbuchman]

Given the size of the leaves it could be Ddc. Magnum.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by cbuchman

Given the size of the leaves it could be Ddc. Magnum.

Your plant looks like my plant. The tag says Dedrochilum latifolium var macranthum (magnum). Mine had yellow flowers, like you've posted on Flickr.

Mine needs repotting. It usually blooms in January.

[weederwoman]

I was lucky enough to get a division of a magnum in August. I have the benefit of being able to see both plants next to each other on the bench. I added photos to my flikr page for you. The plants are quite different.

[weederwoman]

I sent photos to Trey Sanders and he agrees that it is a latifolium var. macranthum. As to the difference with my "Magnum", he says that latifolium var macranthum can be extremely variable, and that most magnum in the trade are really latifolium. Maybe my magnum is the real thing (doubt it).

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