Dendrobium johannis Rchb.F.

Chocolate tea tree orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Dendrobium

Characteristics

Pseudobulbs spindle-shaped, 300–600 × 20–25 mm, green. Leaves 3–7, on apical nodes, 100–250 × 10–15 mm, leathery, channelled. Racemes 300–500 mm long, 6–15-flowered. Flowers 35–55 × 40–60 mm, brown with darker stripes and tips, centre often yellowish, labellum mauve to purple with yellow midlobe. Sepals and petals thick, shiny, strongly twisted. Dorsal sepal 20–30 × 4–7 mm. Lateral sepals 20–30 × 7–9 mm. Petals 25–35 × 3–6 mm. Labellum 15–22 × 8–14 mm; lateral lobes erect, entire; midlobe as wide or wider than lateral lobes, arrowhead-shaped, curved, with 3 prominent ridges that extend well onto midlobe.
More
Pseudobulbs spindle-shaped, 100–300 × 10–15 mm, often dark brown or purplish brown. Leaves 5–10 on upper nodes, 100–200 × 12–15 mm, dark green to purplish green, sheath often with purple stripes. Racemes 100–250 mm long, 6–15-flowered. Flowers 25–45 × 20–40 mm, chocolate brown with bright yellow labellum, strongly and unpleasantly scented. Sepals and petals thick, shiny, twisted. Dorsal sepal 20–25 × 4–5 mm. Lateral sepals 20–25 × 4–6 mm. Petals 20–25 × 2–4 mm, twisted once or twice. Labellum 10–16 × 7–10 mm; lateral lobes erect; midlobe curved, with 3 prominent ridges that extend onto midlobe.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Locally common; found growing on rough-barked and paper-barked trees in humid areas of open forest and woodland; also occurs near streams and in swamps, often close to the coast; occasionally occurs in quite dry, open habitats in inland parts.
More
Locally common; found growing on trees in open humid habitats, ridges and slopes in open woodland, swamps and swamp margins; also occurs in clumps of monsoon forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Dendrobium johannis unspecified picture

Distribution

Dendrobium johannis world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Dendrobium johannis threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627730-1
WFO ID wfo-0000939512
COL ID 34N4D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cepobaculum johannis Callista johannis Dendrobium johannis Dendrobium undulatum var. johannis