Dendrobium bracteosum

"Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb.f. is native to New Guinea. In Papua, plants were encountered near Port Praslin and Punam on the island of New Ireland (New Mecklenburg), at an altitude of around 500 m, on the island of Rossel and the Sepik region near Aitape (Eitape) at an altitude of 20-400 m) and along the north coast western Papua New Guinea at an altitude of 20 m."

Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s., 26: 809; et in Lindenia, ii. (1886) 55, t. 71 (1886).

Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb.f., Photo by Michael D. Richard

its native range is Maluku to Bismarck Archipelago.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Dendrobium chrysolabrum Rolfe

Dendrobium dixsonii F.M.Bailey

Dendrobium eitapense Schltr.

Dendrobium leucochysum Schltr.

Dendrobium novae-hiberniae Kraenzl.

Dendrobium quadrialatum J.J.Sm.

Dendrobium trisaccatum Kraenzl.

Pedilonum bracteosum (Rchb.f.) Rauschert

Pedilonum eitapense (Schltr.) Rauschert

Pedilonum leucochysum (Schltr.) Rauschert

Pedilonum quadrialatum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert

English Name:

The Bracted Dendrobium.

Description: 

With tufted, erect or pendulous, terete, slender at the base, fleshy and thicker above, to 9 noded, yellowish stems covered in papery sheaths and carrying up to 6, ligulate to oblong, tapering at both ends, coriaceous, rich green leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on 4 cm long, pendulous, dense racemes that have fasciculate, ball-like clusters, arising from the nodes near the apex of older psuedobulbs, with 3 to 8, scented, waxy flowers.

Distribution:

Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea.

Ecological:

A small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte. They are found in Papua and New Guinea, the Bismarck archipelago and the Moluccas at elevations of 0 to 700 (1150) m, and is an epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in rainforests often along rivers and coastlines.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.

Typus:

Nov 1, 1995 s.coll. [s.n.], New Guinea K001085264 holotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/626960-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:626960-1

- https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/01/dendrobium-bracteosum-care-and-culture.html

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/denbracteosum.htm.

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_bracteosum