Dendrobium thyrsiflorum

"Dendrobium thyrsiflorum B.S.Williams is a species of orchid, commonly called the pinecone-like raceme dendrobium. It is native to the Himalayas (Bhutan, Assam, Yunnan and Arunachal Pradesh) as well as to the mountains of northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam)

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4. 172 (1871).

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum B.S.Williams, Photo by Harvey Garentt Della
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum B.S.Williams, Photo by Harvey Garentt Della

its native range is Assam to China (SE. Yunnan) and Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum B.S.Williams

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista thyrsiflora (B.S.Williams) M.A.Clem.

Accepted Infraspecifics:

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum var. minutiflorum Aver.

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum var. thyrsiflorum

Vietnamese name:

Thuỷ tiên vàng, Thủy tiên cam.

English Name:

The Pine Cone-Like Raceme Dendrobium.

Thailand name:

Ueang mawn khai.

Chinese name:

Qui Hua Shi Hu

Description: 

With slender, ridged, rounded, club-shaped, yellowish apically stems carrying 5 to 7, persistent, smooth, flexible, dark green leaves that blooms in the spring on a pendant, 30 cm long, densly several to many (30 to 50) fragrant flowered raceme that arise from near the apex of the cane.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên - Huế, Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

At elevations of 1200 to 2000 m as a small to large sized, cool growing, epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial speciesfound in humid, mossy mixed and coniferous forests.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 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:

Type Information

Locality:

Moulmein

Distribution Of Types

Burma (Myanmar)

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/60456844-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456844-2

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobium_thyrsiflorum

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

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