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Orchid Species: Dendrobium superbum

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium anosmum

Dendrobium superbum is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers in 1861. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium anosmum.
Genus
Dendrobium (Den.)
Grex
superbum
(traditional Sander nomenclature)
Parents
Species
Author
Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Year
1861
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ORIGIN: A native to Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua and New Guinea in gallery layers of lower primary forests at elevations up to 1300 meters.

DESCRIPTION: This is a very large sized, pendulous, cane orchid with distichous, deciduous leave and with terete, arching to pendulous, to 4' [120 cm] long, many noded stem with each node enveloped by a loose fitting sheath and carrying oblong elliptic, acute, deciduous leaves. It is a hot to cool growing orchid that needs a distinct dry period starting in October until the new leads appear sometime in the early spring. It blooms in the spring with 8 to 10 flowers which arise from the nodes all along the apice of the leafless cane and are held close in, it is quite scented and needs to be mounted on tree fern or a plaque of cork to accomodate the pendant canes. When the new growths appear in the late spring it is time to water and fertilize this plant heavily as it will grow up to 3' long by October when it is time to dry it out again.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 to 4 inches [5 to 10 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 anosmum 1845 Lindl.
Add+ Dendrobium Den mastersianum 1910 F.Muell. & Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Add+ Dendrobium Den dayanum 1864 B.S.Williams
Add+ Callista Callista anosma 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Callista Callista scortechinii 1891 (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Add+ Dendrobium Den leucorhodum 1912 Schltr.
Add+ Dendrobium Den scortechinii 1890 Hook.f.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. anosmum 'Purple Pride' (2 awards from 2015 to 2016) Den. anosmum 'Herrenhausen' (2 awards in 2012) Den. anosmum 'A Touch of Class' (2 awards from 2005 to 2010) Den. superbum h.f. album 'Soroa' (2 awards from 1996 to 1999) Den. anosmum h.f. album 'O'Neill' (2 awards in 1993) Den. anosmum h.f. album 'Isabella' (2019) Den. anosmum h.f. album 'Cera's Deilght' (2018) Den. anosmum 'Moni' (2018) Den. anosmum 'Barbarossa' (2017) Den. anosmum 'Nymphenburg' (2017) Den. anosmum 'Waterford' (2015) Den. anosmum 'Klein Flottbek' (2015) Den. anosmum 'MBF' (2014) Den. anosmum 'S&W Touch of Class' (2012) Den. anosmum 'Riverlane' (2010) Den. anosmum 'Touch of Class' (2004) Den. anosmum 'Hilo Lip' (2000) Den. anosmum h.f. album 'Crystal Bridge' (1997) Den. superbum h.f. album 'Diana' (1996) Den. anosmum 'Den's Joy' (1996)
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