Object Details
- Description
- This small to medium sized orchid is most recognizable for the fringed, branching lip of its flower.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to July; peaks in March and April
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2014-1139A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 4" long with 1-5 short-lived, glossy yellow-orange flowers. Flowers are 2-3" across, short-lived, but bloom twice a year.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Deciduous after several seasons.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant (extremely)
- Range
- Assam to China (S Yunnan) and N Indo-China
- Habitat
- forest margins; 1100-1900m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Brymer's Dendrobium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- brymerianum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-1139A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax79b1bff46-2824-4e79-88c1-5ff003bf9448
