Dendrobium albosanguineum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. ii. (1851-52) 93.
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| Dendrobium albosanguineum Lindl. & Paxton; Photo Yosuke Oda |
Synonym:
Callista albosanguinea (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze
Common Name:
The White and Blood-Red Dendrobium
Description
Dendrobium albosanguineum Lindl. & Paxton is a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic, which reaching 15-38 cm, with very stout, subclavate or cylindric, clustered, 12-28 cm long pseudobulbous canes with strongly developed nodes and covered in white sheathing bracts carrying linear-lanceolate, light green, somewhat translucent, deciduous, 8-15 cm long leaves.
Distribution:
Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
Ecological:
Occurs high up in trhe canopy of tall trees at elevations of 300 to 600 m.
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