Dendrobium bullenianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. bullenianum
Binomial name
Dendrobium bullenianum
Rchb.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • D. chrysocephalum Kraenzl.
  • D. erythroxanthum Rchb.f.
  • D. topaziacum Ames

Dendrobium bullenianum is a member of the family Orchidaceae found in the Philippines and Vietnam.[2] It is named in honor of Mr. Bullen, orchid cultivator with Low & Co.'s nursery,[3] who was first in Britain get this species to flower in cultivation.[4] It is pendulous and sympodial with 1 meter long pseudobulbs of 1.5 cm thickness and deciduous leaves of 10 cm by 1.5 cm.[4] Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach was the first to describe this species in 1862 in Botanische Zeitung.[5] It is found as an epiphyte in elevations up to 1,000 metres in Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Plant List".
  2. 1 2 "Dendrobium bullenianum". orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1862). "Neue Orchideen". Botanische Zeitung. 20: 214.
  4. 1 2 The Orchids of the Philippines, J.Cootes p. 70 2001
  5. ↑ Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol1 Valmayor 1984


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