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Dendrobium signatum

Den signatum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: Den. signatum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Dendrobium signatum
Rchb. f. 1884


Dendrobium signatum is a species of genus Dendrobium

Description[]

Plants bloom from winter to summer with two 7.6 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

Distribution[]

Plant is found in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam at elevations of 200 to 1200 meters

Culture[]

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter withold watering until new shoots appear. Mist the plants to keep the pseudobulbs from shriveling. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark

Varieties[]

Image Name Description
Dendrobium signatum white Dendrobium signatum variant Sepals and petals are white, lip is white with a yellow center.

Naming[]

Common Names:The Marked Dendrobium

Synonym[]

  1. Dendrobium hildebrandtii Rolfe 1894
  2. Dendrobium tortile var. hildebrandi (Rolfe) T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951
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