Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl.Family: Orchidaceae
Synonyms: Callista densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze, Dendrobium clavatum Roxb., Dendrobium schroederi B.S.Williams, Endeisa flava Raf., Epidendrum dumunsuttu Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.
Chinese: 密花石斛
Manipuri: মেলৈ লৈশনা Melei Leishna
Common name: Pineapple orchid
Distribution: Tropical valleys and forests, at an altitude between 600 to 4200 ft.
Description: Epiphyte. Stems erect, long as 20 to 45 cm, clavate, with swollen nodes and four angled. Leaves 4 to 6 from the apex of the stem only, oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 10 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in width, acute, slightly narrowed to the base. Flowers crowded, in long pendulous racemose of 10 to 25 cm, sometimes even more, from the apex of the stem. Sepals and petals pale bright yellow, lip is bright orange yellow with paler margins. Sepals ovate-elliptic, obtuse. Petals broader than the sepals, ovate-orbicular. Lip orbicular-rhomboid, basal half convolute, apical half spreading, its upper surface hairy and with fringed margins.
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