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Dendrobium madonnae is an orchid species identified by Rolfe ex Hook.f. in 1903. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium rhodostictum.
ORIGIN: This small to medium sized, warm to cool growing species originates from eastern New Guinea to Bougainville Island and is found at elevations of 800-1200 meters on trees in montane rainforests or.
DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial on steep wet moss covered slopes. The plant has basally fusiform to apically swollen, yellow, 3 to 5 noded stems below the 2 to 4, dark green, persistent, leathery, spreading leaves and blooms from March till May and August and September on an erect or arching, short to 3 [to 7.5 cm], few flowered raceme with 3 to 8, waxy, fragrant flowers that arise from the apex of a cane and requires regular waterings and fertilizer through out the year.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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