Family | Orchidaceae |
Subamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae) |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae |
Scientific name | Dendrobium catenatum Lindley |
Synonyms | Callista stricklandiana (Reichanbach f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium funiushanense T. B. Chao; Dendrobium huoshanense C. Z. Tang & S. J. Cheng; Dendrobium officinale Kimura & Migo; Dendrobium perefauriei Hayata; Dendrobium stricklandianum Reichenbach f.; Dendrobium tosaense Makino; Dendrobium tosaense Makino var. chingshuishanianum S. S. Ying; Dendrobium tosaense Makino var. pere-fauriei (Hayata) Masamume |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kibana-no-sekkoku (キバナノセッコク, 黄花石斛 [yellow flower sekkoku (sekkoku = Dendrobium moniliforme (L.) Swartz)]) |
(Chinese common name) huang shi hu (黄石斛) | |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hachijo Island, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | n=19, 2n=38 |
Description | Plants 10-40cm. Leaves 3-7cm long, 7-17mm wide. Flowers pale green, flowering in July to November. Growing epiphyte on mossy branches of broadleaf treeson or on mossy rocks. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Dendrobium catenatum Lindl. |
Dendrobium catenatum Lindley | |
Dendrobium catenatum Lindl. | |
Dendrobium stricklandianum Rchb. f. 1877 | |
Note | Rare species. |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
July 2010 at a private green house |