Dendrobium catenatum




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





Flower Varieties



July 2010
at a private green house