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Orchid Species: Callista suavissima

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium chrysotoxum

Callista suavissima is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium chrysotoxum.
Genus
Callista (Callista.)
Grex
suavissima
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Year
1891
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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).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Dendrobium Den chrysotoxum 1847 Lindl.
Add+ Callista Callista chrysotoxa 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Dendrobium Den suavissimum 1874 Rchb.f.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. chrysotoxum 'Olga' (4 awards from 2013 to 2014) Den. chrysotoxum 'Sylvia Parrottino' (3 awards from 1997 to 1998) Den. chrysotoxum 'Puddin' (2 awards in 2019) Den. chrysotoxum 'Garlor' (2 awards in 2018) Den. chrysotoxum 'Heidi' (2 awards in 2018) Den. chrysotoxum 'Julianne' (2 awards in 2017) Den. chrysotoxum 'Mom' (2 awards in 2015) Den. chrysotoxum var. suavissimum 'Schanz' (2 awards in 2013) Den. chrysotoxum 'Sylvia' (2 awards in 2012) Den. chrysotoxum 'Donauperle' (2 awards in 2012) Den. chrysotoxum 'Susanne' (2 awards from 1999 to 2001) Den. chrysotoxum 'Kathleen' (2 awards in 1994) Den. chrysotoxum 'Majestic' (2018) Den. chrysotoxum 'Gerd' (2017) Den. chrysotoxum 'Ida Claire' (2015) Den. chrysotoxum 'Bryan Gerardo Viquez' (2012) Den. chrysotoxum 'Memoria Gerardo' (2011) Den. chrysotoxum 'Sun Drops' (2011) Den. chrysotoxum 'Deggendorf' (2011) Den. chrysotoxum 'Sarah' (2011)
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