Dendrobium aphyllum

Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1416 (1928).

Synonyms:
Homotypic Synonyms:
Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795).
Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73 (1799).
Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 371 (1810).
Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 653 (1891).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821).
Dendrobium pierardii Roxb. ex Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 9 (1822).
Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 78 (1830).
Dendrobium tetrodon Rchb.f. ex Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 10 (1859).
Dendrobium stuartii F.M.Bailey, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 1: 12 (1884).
Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5(2): 738 (1890).
Callista macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Callista tetrodon (Rchb.f. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Dendrobium gamblei King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 584 (1897).
Dendrobium viridicatum Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 39: 72 (1899).
Dendrobium tetrodon var. vanvuurenii J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, III, 2: 84 (1920).
Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt, Queensland Naturalist 14: 60 (1951).
Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 25: 102 (1963), nom. illeg.
Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 1007 (1984).
Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua, Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam: 170 (2001).

Distribution: China, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andaman, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Australia (Queensland)

An easy to grow and quite rewarding species which is widespraed and been know by a number of names.

Give them a drier winter rest with no fertiliser until after new growth commences in the spring. Flowers on the old canes which are usually completely bare of leaves at that time.