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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==
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|[[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
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|[[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
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==Naming==
'''Common Names''':The Outstanding Dendrobium
# 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]]
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