Dendrobium lindleyi Steud.

Species

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Characteristics

Stems pseudobulbous, dense or tufted, fusiform or ovoid-cylindric, ± laterally compressed, 1-5 cm, 5-15 mm in diam., with 2-5 nodes, contracted at base, internodes 1-2 cm, with 4 ribs, pale yellowish brown and glossy when dry, with white membranous sheaths. Leaf usually solitary, oblong, 3-8 × 0.6-3(or more) cm, leathery, base contracted, not decurrent into clasping sheaths, margin ± undulate, apex obtuse and emarginate. Inflorescence subterminal, to 27 cm, much longer than leaves, laxly several to more than 10-flowered; floral bracts narrowly ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel and ovary yellowish green, tinged with pale purple, 6-30 mm. Flowers spreading, thinly papery, orange. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, ca. 20 × 7-8(or more) mm, slightly obtuse; lateral sepals nearly equal to dorsal sepal; mentum subglobose, ca. 5 mm. Petals broadly elliptic, ca. 2 × 1 cm, bluntly rounded; lip transversely oblong or subreniform, usually ca. 1.5 × 2 cm, each side embracing column below middle, entire, often emarginate; disk densely pubescent below middle. Column short and thick, ca. 4 mm; anther cap subglobose, glabrous, front margin irregular.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-6
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antitussive (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627858-1
WFO ID wfo-0000939682
COL ID 34N7P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dendrobium lindleyi Callista aggregata Dendrobium aggregatum Callista aggregata Dendrobium alboviride var. majus Dendrobium lindleyi var. majus Dendrobium aggregatum var. majus