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Dendrobium victoriae-reginae

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Queen Victoria's dendrobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. victoriae-reginae
Binomial name
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae
Loher[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobium coeleste Loher
  • Dendrobium victoriae-reginae f. album Valmayor & Tiu
  • Pedilonum victoriae-reginae (Loher) Rauschert

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

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  1. ^ "Dendrobium victoriae-reginae". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b The Orchids of the Philippines, J.Cootes 2001
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