Dendrobium equitans Kraenzl., Pflanzenr. (Engler) Orch.-Dendrob. pars 1, 228 (1910).
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its native range is Taiwan (Lan Yü) to Philippines.
Latinh Name:
Dendrobium equitans Kraenzl.
Synonym:
Aporum equitans (Kraenzl.) Brieger
Ceraia batanensis (Ames & Quisumb.) M.A.Clem.
Ceraia equitans (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem.
Dendrobium batanense Ames & Quisumb.
English Name:
The Riding Leaf Dendrobium (refers to the fact that one leaf is just above another)
Chinese name:
Yan Shi Hu - 燕石斛
Description:
Stems erect, cylindric, compressed, to 40 cm, 1 or 2 internodes above base dilated and fusiform, 2-3 cm. Leaves distichous, ascending, laterally compressed and dagger-shaped, 4-7 cm × 3-4(or more) mm, fleshy, base with tightly clasping fleshy sheaths, apex acute. Inflorescence axillary in distal leaf axil; floral bracts sheathlike, ca. 4 mm, membranous. Pedicel and ovary ca. 1 cm. Flowers usually solitary, each lasting 1 or 2 days, not opening widely, creamy white, disk yellow in center. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, ca. 15 mm, ca. 3.5 mm wide at middle, acute; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as dorsal sepal, base oblique; mentum angulate, 8-10 mm. Petals obovate-lanceolate, nearly as large as dorsal sepal, 3-veined, apex acute; lip obovate, ca. 18 mm, ca. 9 mm wide at middle, 3-lobed above middle, base cuneate; lateral lobes erect, subobovate, front margin denticulate; mid-lobe orbicular or transversely oblong, margin lacerate or fimbriate, apex rounded; disk densely finely papillate-hairy. Column ca. 2 mm; anther cap subquadrate, glabrous..
Distribution:
Philippines, Taiwan.
Ecological:
In forests on tree trunks as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte at elevations of 100 to 600 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the summer.
Flower size:
2.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Fertilizer: all year round
Water: thoroughly watering after drying out (all year round)
Light: half shade
Terrarium Suitability: low humidity
Temperature: intermediate - warm, warm
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