Dendrobium scabrilingue (Rough-Lipped Dendrobium)


Botanical Information

FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusDendrobium
Speciesscabrilingue
CategoryTropicals

Description and Growing Information

Notable SpecimensThe Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Chang Mai, Thailand.
HabitatMyanmar, Thailand, Laos.
Leaf DescriptionLeaves initially black-pubescent, later glabrous, tightly cover the internodes. Young leaves are produced distally, whilst old leaves are shed from below as the shoot grows.
Flower DescriptionThe strongly fragrant flowers each measure 1.5-3.5 cm across, they are resupinate and remarkably persistent, lasting for 1-2 months. The sepals and petals are white and relatively broad, the lateral sepals forming a saccate mentum at base.
Fruit DescriptionThe fruit is a unilocular capsule dehiscing by longitudinal slits.

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