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Orchid Species: Durabaculum kennedyi

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium sylvanum

Durabaculum kennedyi is an orchid species identified by (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones in 2002. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium sylvanum.
Genus
Durabaculum (Du.)
Grex
kennedyi
Parents
Species
Author
(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Year
2002
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ORIGIN: Found in Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bouganville and the Solomon Islands at elevations under 80 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with a basal thickened stem that is leafy in the upper half and carrying many, dark, glossy, green, elongate-ovate, smooth, tough, somewhat erect, apically bidentate leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on 1 to 2, 10 to 20 [20 to 40 cm] long, densely 15 to 40 flowered inflorescence arising from near the apex of the cane and carrying long lasting flowers that do not open well.

FLOWER SIZE: 1.2 to 2 inches [3 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 sylvanum 1876 Rchb.f.
Add+ Durabaculum Du sylvanum 2002 (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Dendrobium Den kennedyi 1921 Schltr.
Add+ Dendrobium Den prionochilum 1894 F.Muell. & Kraenzl.
Add+ Dendrobium Den robustum 1895 Rolfe
Add+ Dendrobium Den sylvanium
Add+ Dendrobium Den validum 1905 Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach
Add+ Dendrobium Den warianum 1912 (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
Add+ Durabaculum Du prionochilum 2002 (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Durabaculum Du validum 2002 (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Durabaculum Du warianum 2002 (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Grastidium Grs sylvanum 1983 (Rchb.f.) Rauschert
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. sylvanium 'Laura Lynn' (2002)
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