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Dendrobium catenatum

Den catenatum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: Den. catenatum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Dendrobium catenatum
Lindley 1830


Dendrobium catenatum is a species of genus Dendrobium

Description[]

Plant blooms in the spring with four to five 3 cm wide flowers.

Distribution[]

Plants are found growing on rocks in Korea and Taiwan and mainland China at elevations of 300 to 1200 meters

Culture[]

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize year round. Unlike like other Dendrobiums this plant does not need winter rest. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Plant grows well mounted.

Naming[]

Common Names: The Chained Dendrobium

Synonym[]

  1. Callista stricklandiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
  2. Dendrobium pere-fauriei Hayata 1916
  3. Dendrobium stricklandianum Rchb.f. 1877
  4. Dendrobium tosaense Makino 1891
  5. Dendrobium tosaense var. chingshuishanianum S.S.Ying 1989
  6. Dendrobium tosaense var. pere-fauriei (Hayata) Masam. 1933
  7. Dendrobium officinale Kimura & Migo, 1936.
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