Dendrobium kingianum
Object Details
- Description
- This small to large orchid forms dense mats, and is very popular in its home country of Australia, where it is protected. It has color variable flowers, but tends towards pink in nature.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to May; peaks in March
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Apis nzellifera, Trigona sp.), chemical and nectar rewards
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2009-1974A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect or arching inflorescence is 6-16" (15-40 cm) long with 2-20 pink to white flowers that last almost a month. Flowers are 1" (2-3 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Floral, honey
- Plant Size
- 6-15" x 3-5" (15-38 x 8-13 cm), excluding inflorescence
- Range
- E Australia
- Habitat
- Coast and mountains; 1640-3940ft (50-1200m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Capt. King's Dendrobium
- Pink Rock Lily
- Pink Rock Orchid
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- kingianum
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-1974A
