Dendrobium guamense

Family: Orchidaceae

Form: Epiphyte, stems crowded

Stem: 60 cm tall. Almost cylindrical but usually tapering at both ends 

Leaves:  Leave sheaths cylindrical. Leaves: 10 cm long; 7-15 mm wide

Flower:  Racemes 2-flowered, shorter than leaves. Two small fragrant flowers arise together from a short pedicel emerging from a sheath between two leaves.

Fruit: Pod

Propagation: Division or seed

Habitat: Epiphyte, grows in moist areas on trunks and branches of trees. Can be found poking through the canopy of small trees on mountain ridges.

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Habitat

Habitat

Dendrobium guamense growing in the nursery

Dendrobium guamense growing in the nursery

Dendrobium guamense growing on a coconut tree

Dendrobium guamense growing on a coconut tree

Habitat  

Habitat

 

Flower buds

Flower buds

Dendrobium guamense growing along tree

Dendrobium guamense growing along tree

Flowers at day two

Flowers at day two

Newly opened flower

Newly opened flower

Flowers

Flowers

Flowers at day 1

Flowers at day 1

Roots on pseudobulbs

Roots on pseudobulbs

Pseudobulbs growing out of moss

Pseudobulbs growing out of moss