Dendrobium x superbiens Rchb.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Dendrobium

Characteristics

Pseudobulbs cylindrical, 500–800 × 20–25 mm, leafy in upper half. Leaves 8–16, 100–160 × 40–60 mm, dark green, tough. Racemes 200–400 mm long, 8–25-flowered. Flowers 30–40 × 35–45 mm, pink, wine red or reddish mauve, often with white margins. Sepals and petals widely spreading, twisted with wavy margins. Dorsal sepal 20–30 × 6–10 mm. Lateral sepals 20–30 × 6–10 mm. Petals 25–40 × 8–15 mm. Labellum c. 25 × 20 mm; lateral lobes erect, prominently veined; midlobe decurved, margins wavy, with 3–5 ridges, crested and divergent on midlobe.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Found growing on low trees or rocks in stunted coastal scrub.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Dendrobium x superbiens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:628721-1
WFO ID wfo-0000940733
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Synonyms

x Vappaculum superbiens x Vappaculum vinicolor Dendrobium x brandtiae Dendrobium x fitzgeraldii Dendrobium x goldiei Dendrobium x lavarackianum Dendrobium x superbiens Dendrobium vinicolor Callista fitzgeraldii Callista superbiens Dendrobium fitzgeraldii Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbiens Dendrobium goldiei var. karthausianum Dendrobium bigibbum var. georgei Dendrobium bigibbum var. venosum x Vappaculum lavarackianum

Lower taxons

Dendrobium superbiens var. vinicolor