Saturday, January 21, 2012

Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f 1862

Dendrobium ini termasuk dalam SECTION Formosae dengan bunga berwarna putih dan lidah berwarna putih dan merah. Berukuran cukup besar antara 5-7.5 cm dan berasal dari daerah Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos dan Vietnam, hidup di dataran menengah, dan menyukai sinar matahari, tidak menyukai media yang basah.
Dendrobium ini ternyata cukup adaptif di dataran rendah dan dapat pula berbunga. Bunganya cukup tahan lama hingga beberapa hari bahkan bisa lebih dari 2 minggu. 

Synonyms Callista draconis (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium andersoni J. Scott 1872; Dendrobium eburneum Rchb.f 1864 

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1867 drawing fide; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 photo fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 

English Version :
This Dendrobium is included in SECTION Formosae with white flowers and white and red labellum. Large enough between 5-7.5 cm and comes from the Assam region of India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, living in midland area, and like the sun, not like wet media.
This Dendrobium is quite adaptive in the lowlands and may also be flowering. The flowers are durable enough for several days even more than 2 weeks.

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