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fatboy
05-14-2002, 04:52 AM
I was in an orchid garden a few days ago and I noticed a strange, dry looking (almost like a succulent) orchid. I asked what it was an the guy said it was a Dendrobium, from Irian Jaya. The flowers are quite small and overall the plant looks quite unusual, especially for a Dendrobium. I asked if I could buy it and they had two for sale so I got one. They weren't much help with cultivation but Dendrob's are usually pretty straightforwrd I guess. Just for my own info I did a search on the net but not found any info. I'll try and get a few pics.
Has anyone heard of this species, and if so can you point me toward a site that has them on it?
Cheers, fatboy.
Merlin
05-14-2002, 08:00 AM
Fatboy - Try 'caniculatum'. *I know that there's a dendrobium with that name. *If that's it, I'll see what I can find out about it in my books tonight. * *
(Edited by Merlin at 10:47 am on May 14, 2002)
fatboy
05-14-2002, 09:25 AM
Should have thought of that Merlin as the tag would have been written by an Indonesian. In Indonesian the "k" sound is always written with a K. "c" is pronounced "ch".
Cheers, I'll give that a go.
fatboy
Merlin
05-14-2002, 06:20 PM
Well, I'm home and I'm looking through my books.
Unfortunately, I'm striking out with 'caniculatum'. *However, there is a popular Dendrobium named 'canaliculatum'. *All the Google hits on 'caniculatum' seem to be misspellings of 'canaliculatum'. *If your plant has short pseudobulbs with a few succulent leaves at the tips of the pseudobulbs *(leaves are a dull greyish-green with a shallow groove on the upper surface) and either off-white flowers with yellow-tipped tepals and a purple lip or brown to blackish tepals with a purple lip, then it probably is 'canaliculatum'.
According to my book, canaliculatum needs strong light (even full sun) and needs to be kept dry during spells of cooler weather. *They rot easily if kept cool and humid. *
Anyway, I hope some of this helps.
(Edited by Merlin at 12:25 pm on May 14, 2002)
fatboy
05-14-2002, 07:37 PM
Morning Merlin
Your description is exactly right.
As I said in my original post it is almost cactus looking, and yes it does have short psuedo bulbs. The entire plant is quite small though not a miniature.
You're a star!
Thanks again, fatboy.
Merlin
05-14-2002, 09:13 PM
Glad I could help http://www.petflytrap.com/iBhtml/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
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