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Accession Data:

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl.

  • Common Name: Pineapple Orchid
  • Family: Orchidaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: C. Himalaya to Hainan

  • Description: This spectacular epiphytic orchid is native to the Himalayas, Burma, Vietnam and Thailand. It forms dense clumps of erect, 4-angled pseudobulbs up to 20 in (50 cm) long with 3 to 5 narrowly elliptic leaves near the top. Pendent racemes to 10 in (25 cm) long bear many yellow flowers with fringed golden orange centers in spring. It prefers partly shaded intermediate conditions with plenty of water in summer and a dry rest in winter.
  • Culture: Daily water while growing, water when dry in winter.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199100344
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1991
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 04-05-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • SubFamily: Epidendroideae
  • Tribe: Dendrobieae
  • SubTribe: Dendrobiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Hainan / China Southeast / Tibet / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Nepal / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 May 2015
  3. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

data regenerated on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:33:45 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Cypripedieae

  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum Delrosi
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum x harrisianum
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae

  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium calurum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium x demetria
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium x dominianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Lemoinierianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium longifolium
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Schroederae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Arethuseae

  • Bletiinae: Bletilla striata
  • Chysinae: Chysis bractescens
  • Sobraliinae: Sobralia decora x leucantha

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Coelogyneae

  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne flaccida
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne lawrenceana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne mayeriana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne ovalis
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne pandurata
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne rochussenii
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne speciosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne tomentosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne usitana
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum cobbianum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum convallariiforme
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum glaucum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum magnum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum wenzelii
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum yuccifolium
  • Coelogyninae: Pholidota imbricata
  • Thuniinae: Thunia alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Collabieae

  • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae

  • Cymbidiinae: Ansellia africana
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium aloifolium
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin'
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium finlaysonianum
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium sp.
  • Cymbidiinae: Thecostele alata
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia andamanensis
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia petersii
  • Lycastinae: Xylobium variegatum
  • Maxillariinae: Bifrenaria inodora
  • Maxillariinae: Brasiliorchis schunkeana
  • Maxillariinae: Lycaste macrophylla 'Hermarl'
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria parahybunensis
  • Maxillariinae: Prominaea stapelioides x guttata
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillariella elatior
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillariella houtteana
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillariella sanguinea
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillariella tenuifolia
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillariella variabilis
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca hedwigiae
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca ringens
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca rufescens
  • Maxillariinae: Ornithidium sophronitis
  • Maxillariinae: Trigonidium egertonianum
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia jipijapensis
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia maculata majus
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia verrucosa
  • Oncidiinae: Cuitlauzina pulchella
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia lunifera
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia clowesii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia flavescens
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium altissimum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium maculatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium Sharry Baby Sweet Fragrance
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium sphacelatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium tigrinum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium unidentified
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora cassidea
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora histrionica
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora rufescens
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora scaphephorus
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea assidensis (tigrina x wardii)
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea costaricensis
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea ecornuta
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea graveolens
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea jenischiana
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea marizana
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea oculata
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea platyceras
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina x wardii
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea wardii
  • Telipogoninae: Trichoceros antennifer
  • Zygopetalinae: Pescatoria wallisii
  • Zygopetalinae: Zygopetalum maculatum

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae

  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum annamense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum careyanum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum cheiri
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum corolliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum elegantulum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum falcatum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum flammuliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum fletcherianum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum grandiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum hahlianum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lasiochilum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lilacinum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lobbii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longissimum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum morotaiense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum vaginatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anceps
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anosmum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium aphyllum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bifalce
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bigibbum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium brunneum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium chrysotropis
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium x delicatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium densiflorum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium farmeri
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium hymenanthum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium jenkinsii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium kingianum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium moniliforme
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium nakaharae
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium plicatile
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium rigidum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium wassellii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae

  • Glomerinae: Agrostophyllum planicaule
  • Laeliinae: Barkeria melanocaulon
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola cucullata
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola nodosa
  • Laeliinae: Brassocattleya 'Star Ruby Xanadu'
  • Laeliinae: Cattleya purpurata
  • Laeliinae: Cattleya trianae
  • Laeliinae: Dinema polybulbon
  • Laeliinae: Encyclia advena
  • Laeliinae: Encyclia ambigua
  • Laeliinae: Encyclia kennedyi
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum 'Max Valley'
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum oerstedii
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum radicans
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum rigidum
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum schlecterianum
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum unidentified
  • Laeliinae: Guarianthe bowringiana
  • Laeliinae: Isabelia pulchella
  • Laeliinae: Isochilus carnosiflorus
  • Laeliinae: Laelia rubescens
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila christinae
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila tibicinis
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis confusa
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis longicaulis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera aphthosa
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera casapensis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M'
  • Pleurothallidinae: Dracula pusilla
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia herradurae
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia infracta
  • Pleurothallidinae: Myoxanthus affinis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Octomeria unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis longipedicellata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis nuda
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis pedunculata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia brighamii
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia grobyi
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia tribuloides
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis megachlamys
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis quadrifida
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis restrepioides
  • Pleurothallidinae: Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes
  • Pleurothallidinae: Zootrophion hirtzii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae

  • Liparis condylobulbon

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Podochileae

  • Eriinae: Ceratostylis retisquama
  • Eriinae: Eria carinata
  • Eriinae: Eria javanica
  • Eriinae: Pinalia bractescens
  • Eriinae: Pinalia copelandii
  • Eriinae: Trichotosia velutina

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Vandeae

  • Aerangidinae: Diaphananthe pellucida
  • Aerangidinae: Microterangis hariotiana
  • Aeridinae: Ascocentrum ampullaceum
  • Aeridinae: Cleisocentron gokusingii
  • Aeridinae: Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana
  • Aeridinae: Sarcochilus hartmannii
  • Aeridinae: Tuberolabium kotoense
  • Aeridinae: Vanda coerulea
  • Aeridinae: Vanda tricolor var. suavis
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum distichum
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum sesquipedale
  • Angraecinae: Jumellea arachnantha
  • Polystachyinae: Neobenthamia gracilis

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranchideae

  • Cranchidinae: Cladobium graminifolium

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae

  • Goodyerinae: Ludisia discolor
  • Prescottiinae: Prescottia plantaginifolia

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae

  • Orchidinae: Habenaria medusa

Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae

  • Vanilla phalaenopsis
  • Vanilla planifolia
  • Vanilla pompona
  • Vanilla roscheri
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