Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

"Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. is found in many countries of Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats include Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Sumatra, the northeastern and peninsula in Thailand and Vietnam"

Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(2): 280 (1861).

Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.,, Photos by Yosuke Oda

Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.,, Photos by Yosuke Oda

Dendrobium leonis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.,, Photos by Azman Harun

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Aporum leonis Lindl.

Callista leonis (Lindl.) Kuntze

Vienamese name:

Hoàng thảo tai hổ

English Name:

The Lion-Like Dendrobium

Thailand name:

Ueang Takhap Yai

Description: 

Growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte on limestone cliffs with clustered, leafy, flattened stems that are completely enveloped by the many, distichous, succulent, alternating, triangular, overlapping, dark, imbricating, dull green leaves on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of the imbricating canes with 1 to 2 fleshy, fragrant [vanilla] flowers.

Distribution:

Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng, Đồng Nai).

Ecological:

In lowland forests at elevations of sea level to 1150 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Type:

Holotype of Catasetum mattosianum Bicalho [family ORCHIDACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Bicalho, H.D., 1973/04

Uses:

The plant is used to treat headache in Thailand.

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

nparks.gov.sg