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Orchid Species: Thelychiton kingianus

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium kingianum

Thelychiton kingianus is an orchid species identified by (Bidwill ex Lindl.) 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 kingianum.
Genus
Thelychiton (Tly.)
Grex
kingianus
Parents
Species
Author
(Bidwill ex Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Year
2002
ORIGIN: From Queensland and New South Wales Australia at elevations of 50 to 1200 meters where it is found both on the coast and in the mountains growing lithophytically on rocks and cliff faces forming dense mats.

DESCRIPTION: This is a small to large sized, cool to warm growing lithophytic orchid with swollen basally and then fusiform, sulcate, dark colored stems carrying 2 to 7, near the apex, ovate, thin textured leaves and blooms in the late winter and early spring on an axillary, erect to arcuate, medium length to 16 [to 40 cm], few to 20 flowered, fragrant raceme that arises from the leaf axils at the apex of the canes both new and old.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 inch [2 to 3 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 kingianum 1844 Bidwill ex Lindl.
Add+ Callista Callista kingiana 1891 (Bidwill ex Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Thelychiton Tly carnarvonensis 2002 (Peter B.Adams) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Thelychiton Tly pulcherrimus 2002 (Rupp) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Tropilis Tpl kingiana 1982 (Bidwill ex Lindl.) Butzin
Add+ Dendrocoryne Dendrocoryne kingianum 1981 (Bidwill ex Lindl.) Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. kingianum 'Roy' (5 awards from 1989 to 2006) Den. kingianum 'T. R. Samara' (4 awards from 2012 to 2019) Den. kingianum 'Betty' (4 awards from 1978 to 2006) Den. kingianum 'Dragon Ace' (4 awards from 2003 to 2004) Den. kingianum 'Monique' (4 awards in 2001) Den. kingianum 'Bungan Castle' (4 awards from 1976 to 1979) Den. kingianum 'Ruth' (3 awards from 1974 to 1991) Den. kingianum 'Hillside' (2 awards from 2017 to 2018) Den. kingianum 'Leowenie' (2 awards in 2018) Den. kingianum 'Jutta' (2 awards from 2017 to 2018) Den. kingianum 'Grand Con' (2 awards in 2015) Den. kingianum 'Stand Out' (2 awards in 2015) Den. kingianum 'Norm' (2 awards in 2014) Den. kingianum 'Alexander' (2 awards in 2014) Den. kingianum 'Pink Honey Jumble' (2 awards in 2014) Den. kingianum 'Heckles' (2 awards in 2013) Den. kingianum 'Herrenhausen' (2 awards in 2012) Den. kingianum 'Big Foot' (2 awards in 2009) Den. kingianum 'Nugget' (2 awards in 2005) Den. kingianum 'Conference 82' (2 awards in 2004)
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