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Dendrobium tangerinum f. flavum is an orchid species name for which no taxonomic record was found. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium tangerinum.
ORIGIN: A small to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte of the lowlands of New Guinea on small trees or cliff faces on rocks at elevations of sea level to 1250 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A small to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte of the lowlands of New Guinea on small trees or cliff faces on rocks at elevations of sea level to 1250 meters that have erect, cane-like, basally slightly swollen stems carrying many, oblong-elliptic, leathery leaves at the upper half of the stem that blooms at most any time of the yearon a 14 to 18 [35 to 45 cm] long, sheathed inflorescence with up to 20 flowers in nature and arising from the nodes near the apex of leafy canes carrying long-lasting flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 3/4 to 2 inches [4.6 to 5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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