Dendrobium salaccense

Dendrobium salaccense (Blume) Lindley

 

 

 

(Dendrobium salaccense (Blume) Lindley; Photos Diep Dinh Quang)

Vietnamese name: 

Trúc lan; Hoàng thảo trúc

Chinese Name: 

竹枝石斛 zhu zhi shi hu

Common Name: 

The Salakka Dendrobium (town in Sumatra - Indonesia)

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium salaccense (Blume) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 86. 1830.

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: 

Grastidium salaccense Blume, Bijdr. 333. 1825; Callista intermedia (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) Kuntze; C. salaccense (Blume) Kuntze; Dendrobium bambusifolium E. C. Parish & H. G. Reichenbach; D. cathcartii J. D. Hooker; D. haemoglossum Thwaites; D. intermedium Teijsmann & Binnendijk.

Description: 

Epiphyte, straight bush, 50 - 70cm tall, cylindrical body with bamboo burning. The oblong leaves are 10 - 13cm long, 1 - 1.3cm wide, the base has a sheath hugging the trunk, the top is divided into 2 irregular lobes. Inflorescence in leaf axils, with 2-3 bright yellow flowers. The lips are oval, pointed, raw and red.

Distribution: 

Found in Hainan, SE Xizang (Mêdog), S Yunnan (Mengla) [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]. In Viet Nam: Lâm Đồng, Đồng Nai, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình.

Ecological: 

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests, lithophytic on rocks in open forests; 600-1000 m.

Reference:

Theplantlist

Efloras.org

Orchidspecies.com

(Dendrobium salaccense (Blume) Lindley; Photos Diep Dinh Quang)