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Aporum calceolum is an orchid species identified by (Roxb.) Rauschert in 1983. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium calceolum.
ORIGIN: Found in the Moluccas on Ambon and Seram Islands at elevations of sea level to 200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with long, straight stems carrying widely spaced, decidous leaves taht blooms in the late summer and earlier fall on short, single flowered inflorescence arising from the apex and along the leafless stem and carry yellow to dull orange flowers with red streaks or veins on the lip.
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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