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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.
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
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