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DELICATE DENDROBIUM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Delicate Dendrobium
Other Names
Leopard Orchid, Blotched Cane Orchid, Yellow Cane Orchid, Delicate Stems Dendrobium
Description
The Delicate Dendrobium is native to eastern Australia and is also found on some islands of the South Pacific. The leaves are greyish green and elongated oval. The flowers are yellowish green with reddish spots. The flowers clusters have from 5 to more than 30 flowers.
Habitat
grows on trees and sometimes rocks
Distribution
Thelychiton gracilicaulis is found in south eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Thelychiton | | Species: | gracilicaulis | | Common Name: | Delicate Dendrobium |
Relatives in same Genus
Thelychiton jonesii
Thelychiton kingianus
Thelychiton moorei
Thelychiton speciosus
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.jpg "Thelychiton gracilicaulis")