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Dendrobium lichenastrum Rupp
- Common Name:
- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Australia, endemic to north-eastern Queensland
- Habitat: growing on boulders in creeks
- Culture: A hot to cool growing, miniature epiphytic species from Queensland Australian in open forests and dense rainforests at elevations of 0 to 1950 meters with branching rhizomes covered in sheathing bracts carrying alternate, prostrate, thick, fleshy, ovate-oblong, obovate or circular leaves. The main bloom season is in the fall but it can flower at any time of the year on a very short to 3/4" [1.5 cm], raceme beneath a leaf with a single musky scented flower and a brighter winter rest is required with some water but no fertilizer. (From orchidspecies.com)
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 199300054
- Source:
- Accession Date: 12-31-1993
- Bench: 3224 - Not in Use
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 01-02-2013
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- SubFamily: Epidendroideae
- Tribe: Podochilaeae
- SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
References:page generated on Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:17:41 -0500
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