Dendrobium chrysocrepis

"Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f. is native to Yunnan province of China, Myanmar and Thailand. They grow on limestone at elevations around 1370 meters."

Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 98: t. 6007 (1872).

Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f., Photo by Kurt Keller

its native range is China (Yunnan) to N. Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista chrysocrepis (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze

English Name:

The Golden Slipper Dendrobium [refers to the golden lip] - In China Meng La Shi Hu.

Chinese name:

Xiu Li Ban Ye Lan - 秀丽斑叶兰.

Description: 

With basally swollen pseudobulbs carrying 3 +, elliptic-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a slender, short, single flowered inflorescence carrying short lived flowers.

Distribution:

China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand.

Ecological:

On limestone at elevations around 1370 m as a small sized, cool growing lithophyte or rarely epiphyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

3.8 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant requires warm temperatures and medium amounts of light. Plant prefers to dry out between waterings. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Plant can be mounted.

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/627090-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627090-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/denchrysocrepsis.htm.

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

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_chrysocrepis