Dendrobium amboinense

Dendrobium amboinense, the Amboin Island dendrobium, is an ephemeral flowering lowland species of orchid in the subtribe Dendrobiinae.

Dendrobium amboinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. amboinense
Binomial name
Dendrobium amboinense
Hook. (1856)
Synonyms
  • Callista amboinensis (Hook.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Euphlebium amboinense (Hook.) Brieger (1981)

The species is endemic to the island of Ambon and nearby islands in the Banda Sea, in Indonesia.[1]

Description

Dendrobium amboinense has pseudobulbs that reach about 50 centimetres (20 in) in height. They produce two or three leaves about 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long and about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) wide.[1]

The flowers, up to four per inflorescence, are produced on very short racemes. Both leafless and leaved pseudobulbs are capable of producing an inflorescence. The flowers are up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) across. The sepals and petals droop producing a distinctly wispy appearance.[1]

Flowers open at night and are completely closed by the following sundown. Freshly opened flowers are bone white, and as the afternoon progresses the color slowly changes to a pale shade of burnished orange.[1]

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See also

References
  1. American Orchid Society: Dendrobium amboinense


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