Dendrobium williamsonii

"Dendrobium williamsonii Day & Rchb.f. is native to southern China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Assam, and Indochina (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam). It grows epiphytic on tree trunks in forests at elevations around 600 to 1400 m above sea level."

Dendrobium williamsonii Day & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 78 (1869).

Dendrobium williamsonii
Dendrobium williamsonii
Dendrobium williamsonii Day & Rchb.f. Photo by  Sandip orchid

its native range is Assam to Hainan and Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium williamsonii Day & Rchb.f. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista williamsonii (Day & Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Vietnamese  name:

Hoàng Thảo Hắc Mao, Thạch Hộc Lông Đen, Bình minh.

English Name:

Williamson's Dendrobium (English Ochid Collector in India 1800's).

Chinese  name:

Hei Mao Shi Hu - 黑毛石斛.

Description: 

With upright, elongate-fusiform, velvety stems that are many leafed towards the apex carrying, oblong or lanceolate, velvety, obscurely bilobed apically leaves with leaf sheaths that are densely covered with black hairs that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a very short, black hairy, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying waxy, fragrant spicy to citrus scented flowers that arise from near the apex of the newest maturing cane and appreciates a bright location.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

In forests on tree trunks at elevations around 600 to 1400 m as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter and early spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant should be grown in cool to warm locations with diffused light. Water when mix is almost dry but still slightly moist. Pot in a well drain mix such as medium fir bark or sphagnum moss. Plants can also be mounted

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/628960-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627681-1

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

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2019/08/dendrobium-williamsonii-care-and-culture.html

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

https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-dendrobium-sw-1799-115-134

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028651

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