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Dendrobium melanolasium is an orchid species identified by Gilli in 1983. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium finisterrae.
ORIGIN: Found in Papua and New Guinea as a large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte found on moss covered trees in mistforest at elevations of 1300 to 2100 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Papua and New Guinea as a large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte found on moss covered trees in mistforest at elevations of 1300 to 2100 meters with clustered, somewhat flattened, orange yellow stems carrying 2 to 3, oblong-elliptic, suberect leaves that blooms in the winter, spring and summer on an erect, to 10 [25 cm] long, laxly several [8 to 10] flowered inflorescence with faintly fragrant flowers that do not open well arising from near the apex of the canes.
FLOWER SIZE: To 2 1/2
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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