Dendrobium putnamii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957

Homotypic Synonyms:

• Dendrobium coerulescens Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 531 (1912), nom. illeg.
• Dendrobium putnamii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, Lloydia 20: 122 (1957).
• Pedilonum putnamii (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 462 (1983).

Dendrobium putnamii . Photo courtesy Eerika.

Dendrobium putnamii. Photo courtesy Eerika.

Dendrobium putnamii  plant. Photo courtesy Eerika.

Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
43 NWG

Lifeform:
Pseudobulb epiphyte

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Dendrobium purpureum Roxb.,1832

This species comes from Papua island. I have two variants in my collection. The more popular is the red one (on left side), and the other one is an alba (on the right side), which is rarer. The bulb could grow very long (more than 1 meter). In my garden, the bulb of the red one is 2 meters long, and the white one is 1 meter. The flowers come within a group of small flower on each node of leafless bulb, and whenever I see them, they remind me of furball, very cute indeed.The flowers could last for one month and they come twice a year. (Ferdi)

Dendrobium purpureum. Photo courtesy by Ferdi.

Homotypic Synonyms:

• Dendrobium purpureum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 484 (1832).
• Callista purpurea (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
• Pedilonum purpureum (Roxb.) Brieger, Schlechter Orchideen 1(11-12): 679 (1981).

Dendrobium purpureum album. Photo courtesy by Ferdi.

Varian Dendrobium purpureu :
Dendrobium purpureum (Raf.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 40 (2009), nom. illeg.
Dendrobium purpureum var. album Sander, Gard. Chron., III, 79: 444 (1926).
Dendrobium purpureum subsp. candidulum (Rchb.f.) Dauncey & P.J.Cribb, Kew Bull. 48: 554 (1993).
Dendrobium purpureum var. candidulum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 701 (1887).
Dendrobium purpureum var. moseleyi Hemsl., Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 604 (1884).
Dendrobium purpureum subsp. purpureum.
Dendrobium purpureum var. steffensianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 81 (1911).

Names in bold indicate accepted names

Distribution:
Maluku to New Guinea (Kep. Aru)
42 MOL 43 NWG

Lifeform:
Pseudobulb epiphyte

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Dendrobium anosmum Lindley 1845

Section: 

Dendrobium

Sinonim:  

Callista anosma O. Ktze. 1891; Callista macrophylla [Lindl.] Kuntze 1891; Callista scortechinii O. Ktze. 1891; Dendrobium anosmum var. dearei (Rolfe) Ames & Quisumb. 1935; Dendrobium anosmum var. giganteum [Rchb.f] Valmayor & Tiu 1984; Dendrobium leucorhodum Schlechter 1879; Dendrobium macranthum Hooker or Miquel ?; Dendrobium macrophyllum Lindley not Ames or Richards ?; Dendrobium retusum Llanos 1859; Dendrobium scortechinii Hooker 1890; Dendrobium superbum Rchb.f 1864; Dendrobium superbum Rchb.f var anosmum Rchb.f ? ; Dendrobium superbum var. dearei Rolfe 1891; Dendrobium superbum var. huttonii Rchb.f. 1869

Persebaran: 

India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua and New Guinea

Found in the lowland or foothills forests and often found in the river banks forests, hanging on the twig / tree trunk which leads to the river.

~Ditemukan di hutan dataran rendah atau kaki bukit dan sering terdapat pada hutan tepian sungai, menggantung pada ranting atau batang pohon yang menjulur ke sungai.~

Like other deciduous species, these species have a rest period, remove the leaves during the dry or drought season, and blooms at the beginning of the rainy season.
~Seperti halnya juga dengan tipe gugur lainnya, spesies ini memiliki masa istirahat, meluruhkan daun-daunnya pada musim kering atau kemarau, dan berbunga pada awal musim penghujan.~

Pseudobulbs: thickened and fleshy, cylindrical, grow in hanging.
~Batang: menebal dan berdaging, berbentuk silinder, dan tumbuh menggantung.~

Flowers: large, fragrant, appear simultaneously, grow in pairs from internodes of the leafless pseudobulbs.
~Bunga: besar, harum, muncul secara serempak, tumbuh berpasangan dari ruas-ruas batang yang tidak berdaun.~

See Dendrobium anosmum from others region :

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Borneo	Papua	Celebes

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