Dendrobium victoriae-reginae
Appearance
Queen Victoria's dendrobium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dendrobium |
Species: | D. victoriae-reginae
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Binomial name | |
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae Loher[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Dendrobium victoriae-reginae (Queen Victoria's dendrobium) is a member of the family Orchidaceae endemic to the Philippines.[2]
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae is a small to medium-sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with thin, descending, clumping pseudobulbs that rarely branch and carry many, unsubdivided, pointed papery leaves, and inflorescences that are violet or purple with a darker tip and white center of 3 to 4 centimeters.[3] It is found in Montane ecoregion of the Philippines growing on moss covered trucks of Lithocarpus species at 1300 to 2700 meters in elevation.[3]
References
- ^ "Dendrobium victoriae-reginae". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b The Orchids of the Philippines, J.Cootes 2001
External links
- Media related to Dendrobium victoriae-reginae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Dendrobium victoriae-reginae at Wikispecies