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Dendrobium erosum is a species of genus Dendrobium
Description[]
Plant blooms from fall to winter with five to ten 2.5 cm wide flowers.
The leaves of this species is made into a powdered and then mixed with coconut oil to be used as a perfume in western New Guinea.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing on trees in the mangrove forest of Southern Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Papua & New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands at elevations of 0 to 2000 meters
Culture[]
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.
Naming[]
Common Names: The Jagged Dendrobium
Synonym[]
- Callista erosa (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
- Chromatotriccum aemulans (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
- Chromatotriccum amblyogenium (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
- Chromatotriccum erosum (Blume) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002
- Dendrobium aegle Ridl. 1896; Dendrobium aemulans Schltr. 1906
- Dendrobium amblyogenium Schlechter 1911
- Dendrobium inopinatum J.J. Sm. 1922
- Pedilonum aegle (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983
- Pedilonum aemulans (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983
- Pedilonum amblyogenium [Schltr.] Raushert 1983
- *Pedilonum erosum Blume 1825
- Pedilonum inopinatum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983