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- Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- July to October
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2010-1237A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 2" long with a single white flower that lasts 2-4 days. After this, another opens. Flower is 2" across.
- Range
- Papua New Guinea
- Habitat
- Montane forests; 1000-1300m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Golden-Keeled Dendrobium
- The Golden-Keeled Diplocaulobium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- chrysotropis
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2010-1237A
- Usage
- CC0
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