Object Details
- Description
- This small to large sized orchid takes its common name from its flower clusters, which hang like the most floriferous pinecones.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- March to July; peaks in May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2018-0945A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous inflorescence is 12" (30.5 cm) long with 30-50 white flowers with an orange lip. Flowers are 2" (5 cm) across and last about a week.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- Assam to China (SE Yunnan) and Indo-China
- Habitat
- Humid, mossy mixed and coniferous forest; 3600-5900ft (1100-1800m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Pine Cone-like Raceme Dendrobium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- thyrsiflorum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-0945A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7905e408f-cd05-4069-8d46-b52f11c6712a
