Dendrobium-crystallinum-2021-02-13***Confirmed as Dendrobium crystallinum (Feb 2021); matches photos in Vaddhanaphuti's "Wild Orchids of Thailand" (1997) and Lavarack et. al. "Dendrobium and its Relatives", as well as the illustration in Seidenfaden's "Orchids of Thailand (1959); D. crystallinum was named for the crystalline papillae on the column anther cap; this flower shows this characteristic feature when enlarged in the first photo; there is a photo of the flower and close up of the distinctive papillae in Wood's, "The Dendrobiums".***
Posted
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February 13, 2021
Judging Center: CSNJC
Award Number: 20202267
Award Date: June 28, 2020
Awarded As: Dendrobium crystallinum
Plant was purchased from Wenqing Perner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology, in October 2017/