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Callista chrysotoxa is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium chrysotoxum.
ORIGIN: Native of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, China, eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh and Assam India at elevations of 400 to 1600 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with clustered, grooved, clavate or fusiform, to 12 [30 cm] long, many angled, apically thickened pseudobulbs enveloped by many white, membraneous sheaths carrying 2 to 3, towards the apex, oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, acute leaves and blooms from winter through spring. The 12 [30 cm] inflorescence arises from nodes near the apex of the pseudobulb and it is lax and pendulous and the flowers are highly fragrant of honey and are short lived.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 to 2 inches [3.75 to 5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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