Dendrobium microbulbon ?;
Wild Orchid From Hulikal: I came across this orchid growing on a mossy Croton bush in Hulikal.. the flowers were very small, about the size of a fingernail. there were pseudobulbs too id please? Dendrobium nanum?? i guess I am actually confused about Dendrobium microbulbon and Dendrobium nanum. Dont know how to differentiate This is what I found out from Orchids of Nilgiris by J. Joseph, p 133, t. 69 Rhizomes zigzag; bracts much smaller than pedicel; mentum long (up to 9mm), subcylindric, projecting forward; lip attached to the foot of the column up to a short distance from the tip: DENDROBIUM NANUM Rhizomes straight; bracts subequal with the pedicel and ovary; mentums hort (ca 5mm), saccate; lip attached to the tip of the foot of the column; midlobe of the lip obscurely crenulate: DENDROBUM MICROBULBON. Could be Dendrobium microbulbon than D. nanum. Pictures provided are not conclusive. Need more flower close up pictures to confirm the id, I think. |
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