Family | Orchidaceae |
Subamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae) |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae |
Scientific name | Dendrobium okinawense Hatusima & Ida |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) okinawa sekkoku (オキナワセッコク, 沖縄石斛 [meaning: Okinawa Island sekkoku (sekkoku = Dendrobium moniliforme)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 50-70cm long. Leaves 10-12cm long. Flowers white or pink 5-6cm across, flowering in May to June. Growing epiphyte on mossy branches of old big tree of Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zuccarini or Quercus miyagii Koidzumi. Evergreen. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Dendrobium okinawense Hatus. & Ida |
Dendrobium okinawense Hatusima & Ida (Orchidaceae): A Newly Recorded Species in Taiwan | |
Taxonomic revision of Dendrobium moniliforme complex (Orchidaceae) | |
Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2008) | |
Use of polyglutamic acid or its salts (European Patent EP1602354/2008) | |
Note | Photos below are those of an orchid (Dendrobium okinawense 'Okinawa-no-hana') which was cultivated by Mr. Masakuni Odakura and displayed at the Orchid Show 2009 in Tokyo Dome (Tokyo, Japan). |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |