Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Dendrobium

Characteristics

Stems rigid, decumbent or pendulous, cylindric or sometimes slightly fusiform above base, 50-100 cm, stout, 8-12(-20) mm in diam., unbranched, with many nodes, internodes 3.5-4.8 cm, longitudinally grooved, pale yellow or pale yellowish brown when dry. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 8-15.5 × 2-3.6 cm, leathery, with tightly clasping leathery sheaths at base, apex acute, sometimes slightly bilobed. Inflorescences racemose, 5-15 cm, laxly 6-12-flowered; peduncle 2-4 cm; rachis thin, ± curved; basal sheaths several, overlapping, tubular, basal one shortest, ca. 3 mm, terminal ones to 10 mm, membranous; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 3-5 mm, membranous, apex acute. Pedicel and ovary pale green, 2.5-3 cm. Flowers slightly fragrant, spreading, thinly textured; sepals and petals golden yellow, lip a deeper hue, with purplish red stripes on either side at base, disk with a lunate transverse deep purple marking. Dorsal sepal oblong, 13-18 × 6-8(or more) mm, 5-veined, margin entire, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, ca. as long as dorsal sepal and slightly narrower, 5-veined, base oblique, margin entire, apex obtuse; mentum rotund, ca. 3 mm. Petals oblong-elliptic, 12-19 × 7-10(or more) mm, 5-veined, margin slightly erose, apex obtuse; lip suborbicular, 15-20 mm, adaxially densely pubescent, base narrowed into a claw ca. 3 mm, margin compound fimbriate. Column ca. 2 mm, foot ca. 4 mm; anther cap conic, glabrous, front margin denticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.85 - 1.25
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Environment

Epiphytic on tree trunks in dense forests, lithophytic on damp rocks in mountain valleys; at elevations from 600-1,700 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-5
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Therapeutic use Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Fatigue (unspecified), Mental disorders (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Dendrobium fimbriatum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627426-1
WFO ID wfo-0000939155
COL ID 34MVW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Callista oculata Callista fimbriata Dendrobium fimbriatum Dendrobium normale Dendrobium paxtonii Dendrobium fimbriatum var. occulatum Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum Callista normalis