Object Details
- Description
- This is a cheerful, honey-scented, miniature to small plant which has many flowers that open light yellow and darken over time to a vibrant hue. There has been confusion over time between this orchid and Epidendrum aggregatum, because two different botanists tried to name this orchid within the same book. The second, a man named Roxburgh who tried to classify this as an epidendrum, was rejected. Later, the botanist Lindley named an entirely different orchid E. aggregatum, which is accepted. Additionally, D. lindleyi and D. jenkinsii are often confused for each other (that orchid’s record tells how to differentiate these two). All of this is to say, sometimes it is very important to pay attention to who a plant’s botanical author is, to be sure you have the right plant.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2009-2362A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Arching to pendant inflorescence is 6-12" long with 10-14 yellow-orange flowers which darken in color over time. Flowers are 1-2" across, and can last 2-3 weeks.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Leaves are 3" long, rigid, and leathery.
- Fragrance
- Honey (stronger in early morning and evening)
- Range
- E Himalaya to S China and Indo-China
- Habitat
- Trunks and branches of deciduous to semideciduous trees; 500-1400m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Lindley's Dendrobium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- lindleyi
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-2362A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax775fe6882-3e7d-48f0-a5e2-8f9b99091ea2
