Dendrobium junceum

"Dendrobium junceum Lindl. is a species of the family Orchidaceae. The plant is native to Borneo and the Philippines."

Dendrobium junceum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 9 (1842).

Dendrobium junceum Lindl., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is Borneo, Philippines

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium junceum Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aporum junceum (Lindl.) Rauschert

Callista juncea (Lindl.) Kuntze

Ceraia juncea (Lindl.) M.A.Clem.

English Name:

The Reed-Like Leafed Dendrobium.

Description: 

With slender, swollen at the base for 4 internodes, tapering to the apex, greenish olive or reddish brown, ridged pseudobulbs carrying dark green, almost terete leaves tapering to a thread-like point that blooms in the late spring and summer on an axillary, towards the apex of the stem, short to 4 cm, single to 2 flowered inflorescence with short-lived, fragrant flowers that arises from the tufted bracts of the leaf axils at or near the apex of the cane either with or without the leaves.

Distribution:

Borneo, Philippines.

Ecological:

A large sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species, in lowland forests at elevations up to 600 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late spring and summer.

Flower size:

3.8 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:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/627733-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627733-1

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

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobium_junceum

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