Pineapple Orchid, Densely Flowered Dendrobium • Manipuri: মেলৈ লৈশনা Melei Leishna; 

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Dendrobium densiflorum (Pineapple Orchid) from Kalimpong (Apr-09)


First image is Dendrobium fimbriatum and rest are Dendrobium densiflorum.


Vow.. what an excellent show….


Thanks … for sharing such a nice set of pictures..


Very nice big inflorescences.

I think someone had shared it as “Flora Picture of the year”

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 34 (1830).
Synonyms:
Callista densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Epidendrum dumunsuttu Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 90 (1830).
Dendrobium clavatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 481 (1832).
Endeisa flava Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 51 (1837).
Dendrobium schroederi B.S.Williams, Cat. 1869(Spring): 8 (1869).
Dendrobium densiflorum f. parviflorum Regel, Gartenflora 23: 67 (1874).
Distribution: C. Himalaya to Hainan

Excellent.. another example of beautiful colors by nature

 

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ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: 221013-17 Orchid for id from Manipur BS103 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.

Few more Orchids for id from Manipur
These printed Pics were shot and provided to us by some of ours Classmates from Manipur (Who were resident of Manipur) in 1998.


Looks like Dendrobium densiflorum.


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Orchids from Sikkim-Darjeeling Tour- For id from Kalimpong:: NS July 19 : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Please provide your valuable inputs for id of this orchid.. I hope a Dendrobium sp.
This was also recorded from Kalimpong…


I cant see the vegetative part clearly but this looks like Dendrobium densiflorum.


I join you for identifying it as Dendrobium densiflorum



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Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- around 800 kb each. 

Location: Soureni, India
Date: 7 May 2018
Altitude: 4000 ft.
Habit : Cultivated from Wild


Nepali Name :  सुनगाभा Sunagabha  


  

 

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Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 650 kb each. 

Location : Gyaneswor, katghmandu
Date : 4 May 2019

Elevation : 1300 m.

Habit : Cultivated