Dendrolirium ornatum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 7: 345 (1825).
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| Dendrolirium ornatum Blume, Photo by Xavier Babatid |
its native range is Thailand to Malesia.
Latin Name:
Dendrolirium ornatum Blume,
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Eria armeniaca Lindl.
Eria ornata (Blume) Lindl.
Pinalia ornata (Blume) Kuntze
Trias ornata (Blume) Mason
English Name:
The Ornate Eria.
Description:
With dark brown, stiff, woody roots arising from laterally compressed, cylindrical pseudobulbs each separated by 15 cm and enveloped by basal sheaths carrying 3 to 5 fleshy, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, acute, narrowing basally into an open channelled petiolate base leaves with the uppermost two being more persistent that blooms in the spring and summer on a ascending or arching, 45 cm long, several to many flowered racemose inflorescence that has brown hairs and large ovate-lanceolate, orange to red brown bracts and carrying flowers that have a fragrance of vanilla and do not open well.
Distribution:
Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand.
Ecological:
A small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte that is a rare species in lower montane forests on limestone hills at elevations of 300 to 1500 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the spring and summer.
Flower size:
2.5 cm.
Cultivation:
Grow in diffused bright light and keep in cool to intermediate temperatures. Keep humidity from 40 to 70%. Water regularly during growing season. The potting media should be a little moist in between waterings. To prevent rot, avoid water from touching leaves. Reduce watering during the winter. Pot plants in 75% fine bark and 25% perlite or in full sphagnum moss.
Typus:
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- https://www.ipni.org/n/629332-1
- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:629332-1
- http://www.orchidspecies.com/eriaornata.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrolirium_ornatum
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