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Accession Data

Dendrobium x delicatum

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: E. Australia

Description: A natural hybrid of kingianum X D. tarberi. The first collection of Dendrobium x delicatum was at Spring Bluff near Toowoomba, Queensland in 1884.
This species is epiphytic, favouring littoral rainforest, subtropical rainforest, warm temperate rainforest, dry rainforest, wet sclerophyll forests, dry sclerophyll forests, and rocky crevices and scree.

Accession Data

Accession #: 198501612

Accession Date: 1985-12-31

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2312

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Culture: Plant can grow from cool to warm temperatures and medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During fall keep plant dry and withhold water until new shoots appear in the spring. Lightly mist plant during dormancy to prevent pseudo bulbs from shriveling. Grow in a well drained mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Plant can also be mounted. 3

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Dendrobieae

SubTribe: Dendrobiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 May 2015
  3. Dendrobium x delicatum at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 24 May 2015.
  4. Ann Arbor Orchid Society Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 2, February 2000.

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Dendrobium x delicatum