Dendrobium bullenianum (Philippines)

Dendrobium bullenianum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 1862. (syn: Dendrobium chrysocephalum Kraenzl.; Dendrobium erythroxanthum Rchb.f.; Dendrobium topaziacum Ames);
 

Dendrobium bullenianum is a member of the family Orchidaceae found in the Philippines and Vietnam.[2]

It is named in honor of Mr. Bullen, orchid cultivator with Low & Co.’s nursery,[3] who was first in Britain get this species to flower in cultivation.[4]
 
It is pendulous and sympodial with 1 meter long pseudobulbs of 1.5 cm thickness and deciduous leaves of 10 cm by 1.5 cm.[4]
 
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach was the first to describe this species in 1862 in Botanische Zeitung.[5]
It is found as an epiphyte in elevations up to 1,000 metres in Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.[2] 
 
(From Wikipedia 0n 12.4.13) 

 
 
 

Dendrobium bullenianum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 (1862).
Synonyms:
Dendrobium erythroxanthum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1874(2): 162 (1874).
Dendrobium chrysocephalum Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. 1892(2): 122 (1892).
Dendrobium topaziacum Ames, Orchidaceae 5: 140 (1915).
Distribution: Endemic to Philippines

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Dendrobium bullenianum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 (1862).

Synonyms:
Dendrobium erythroxanthum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1874(2): 162 (1874).
Dendrobium chrysocephalum Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. 1892(2): 122 (1892).
Dendrobium topaziacum Ames, Orchidaceae 5: 140 (1915).

Distribution: Philippines

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