Changes: Dendrobium speciosum

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Dendrobium speciosum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: Den. speciosum
Alliance:

Binomial name
Dendrobium speciosum
J. E Smith 1805

Dendrobium speciosum is a species of genus Dendrobium

Description

Plant blooms in the winter to spring with a cluster of 4.5 cm wide flowers.

Distribution

Plant is found growing on trees in rainforest and on rocks in the open forest of New South Wales and Victoria Australia and New Guinea

Culture

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.

Varieties

Image	Name	Description
	Dendrobium speciosum subsp. grandiflorum (F.M. Bailey) D.P. Banks & S.C. Clemesha 1990	Sepals and petals are yellow, lip is yellow
	Dendrobium speciosum subsp. pedunculatum (Clemesha) D.P.Banks & Clemesha 1990	Sepals and petals are yellow, lip is yellow with red streaks

Naming

Common Names:The Outstanding Dendrobium

Synonym

Callista speciosa (Sm.) Kuntze 1891
Dendrobium speciosum subsp. capricornicum (Clemesha) D.P.Banks & Clemesha 1990
Dendrobium speciosum var. capricornicum Clemesha 1982
Dendrocoryne speciosum (Sm.) Brieger 1981
Thelychiton speciosus (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
Thelychiton capricornicus (Clemesha) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
Tropilis speciosa (Sm.) Butzin 1982
Dendrobium speciosum subsp. pedunculatum (Clemesha) D.P.Banks & Clemesha 1990
*Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum Clemesha 1981
Thelychiton pedunculatus (Clemesha) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
Dendrobium speciosum var. grandiflorum F.M. Bailey ?
Dendrobium speciosum subsp. grandiflorum (F.M. Bailey) D.P. Banks & S.C. Clemesha 1990
Thelychiton rex (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, 2002
Dendrobium rex M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1989
Dendrobium pedunculatum (Clemesha) D.L. Jones & M.A. Clem. 1989

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 '''Dendrobium speciosum''' is a species of genus [[Dendrobium]]
 ==Description==
+Plant blooms in the winter to spring with a cluster of 4.5 cm wide flowers.
-{{info}}
 ==Distribution==
+Plant is found growing on trees in rainforest and on rocks in the open forest of New South Wales and Victoria Australia and New Guinea
 ==Culture==
+Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.
+==Varieties==
+{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing=0
+! width=80|Image||Name||Description
+|-
+|[[Image:Dendrobium rex.jpg|100px]]
+|Dendrobium speciosum subsp. grandiflorum <small>(F.M. Bailey) D.P. Banks & S.C. Clemesha 1990</small>
+|Sepals and petals are yellow, lip is yellow
+|-
+|[[Image:Den. pedunculatum.jpg|100px]]
+|Dendrobium speciosum subsp. pedunculatum <small>(Clemesha) D.P.Banks & Clemesha 1990</small>
+|Sepals and petals are yellow, lip is yellow with red streaks
+|-
+|}
 ==Naming==
 '''Common Names''':The Outstanding Dendrobium
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 # Thelychiton capricornicus (Clemesha) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
 # Tropilis speciosa (Sm.) Butzin 1982
+#Dendrobium speciosum subsp. pedunculatum (Clemesha) D.P.Banks & Clemesha 1990
+# *Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum Clemesha 1981
+# Thelychiton pedunculatus (Clemesha) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
+#Dendrobium speciosum var. grandiflorum F.M. Bailey ?
+# Dendrobium speciosum subsp. grandiflorum (F.M. Bailey) D.P. Banks & S.C. Clemesha 1990
+# Thelychiton rex (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, 2002
+#Dendrobium rex M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1989
+#Dendrobium pedunculatum (Clemesha) D.L. Jones & M.A. Clem. 1989
 [[Category: Dendrobium]]