Dendrobium unknown 1
Submitted by danielptong on Sat, 08/03/2008 - 18:51
Dendrobium unknown 1
Finally got it to flower again. Here's the plant and inflorescence.
-daniel-
Great Daniel....with these
Great Daniel....with these photos we may get somewhere towards helping here.
First things first....the monocot checklist ( http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ) lists Dockrillia as a synonym, citing 40 records retrieved and gives us the below detail for the genus Dockrillia...
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Dockrillia Brieger, Schlechter Orchideen 1(11-12): 745 (1981).
This name is a synonym.
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Accepted Name: Dendrobium Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 82 (1799), nom. cons.
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However.....just to add to the communities Dendrobium/Dockrillia confusion (my confusion certainly)....argghh!! checkout the below detail which is also on the monocot checklist
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Dockrillia sulphurea D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Rev. 71: 15 (2006).
This name is accepted.
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Distribution: Queensland
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If the name Dockrillia is reduced to synonym status how can there be one species in that genus?
Methinks it's strange!
Now Back To Your plants ID
Anyway...to move towards help with an ID for your plant. My first impression is that the leaves are looking to me very much like elongated Dendrobium linguiforme leaves. The rhizhome on your plant is quite similar to D. linguiforme that I have seen when grown in dull light but again your plants rhizhome is much more elongated. The flowers on your plant however are very different to D. linguiforme and remind me a little (possibly more than a little) of Dendrobium rigidum flowers which I have seen but unfortunately I do not have any photos.
Check out this photo of Dendrobium rigidum http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?s=458305b30132747ab0b7daee9...
Anyway...thats a start from me for now. Lets see what others here come up with.
NOTE: I'll take some photos and post them here to show what my Dendrobium linguiforme leaves look like tomorrow maybe.
Regards wellsy
Dendrobium/Dockrillia
Hmm...the confusion has just begun. lol. Yea, we'll see if anyone will be able to ID this plant.
-daniel-
Den./Dock. hybrid
Greetings friends,
Back when this inquiry first came up I suggested that it was probably a D. rigida hybrid. I'm even more convinced of this now as the rigida flower form and colouring is quite dominant in it's hybrids.
As to the other parent, that is not as easy to establish. However judging by the plant growth habid it reminds me of D. wassellii, but then, the second parent could also be D. recemosum if it is not a hybrid already. If the second parent is a hybrid it could well be something like my D. (racemosum X nugentii)which has a growth habit similar to the subject plant but has white flowers. I'd expect that D.(racemosum X nugentii)X D.rigida may well look like the subject plant.
The second parent is not D. linguiforme as I happen to have a D. rigida X D. linguiforme (=D. Numbat). The subject plant is definately not D. Numbat because D. Numbat is very similar in plant and flower form to D. rigida. My D.Numbat is budding up now and could be in bloom in about a months time. I'll take a photo of it and make it available if anyone is interested to see it.
D. Numbat
That would be great! A photo of D. Numbat must go some way to clarifying this inquiry West.
PS: The Dendrobium linguiforme which I was referring to is actually the one from North Queensland which is also referred to as Dendrobium linguiforme var. nugentii.
Regards wellsy
Dendrobium hybrid
If this is a hybrid as mentioned by West, i guess it's gonna be difficult to ID huh? Unless this plant was produced from tissue culture, the chances of getting the exact form & colour are very slim. Well, at least I know that this Dendrobium is a hybrid now. Appreciate the infos provided by all of you. Thank you & regards, Daniel.