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| February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
| 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). |
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| February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2009 at Tokyo Dome |
