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Dendrobium scabrilingue
Rough-Lipped Dendrobium
| Family |
| Orchidaceae |
| Genus |
| Dendrobium |
| Species |
| scabrilingue |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Height |
| 30 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Myanmar, Thailand, Laos. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves 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 Description |
| The 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 Description |
| The fruit is a unilocular capsule dehiscing by longitudinal slits. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Chang Mai, Thailand. |
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