Dendrobium

Finding

Vegetatively this Section Aporum Dendrobium matches the dried specimen in the POWO. Color matches the description of milky white flower with purple markings on the side lobes and the size is within range. It is correct based on the description in Baker and Baker indicating a three-lobed lip with a small rounded midlobe and obscure, hairy side-lobes. Leaves are slightly imbricated and alternate up the inflorescence; the growth habit matches Baker and Baker. This plant also matches the description and excellent photographs of Dendrobium merrillii in the Monaco Nature Encyclopedia.

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Judging Center: FNCJC

Award Number: 20221158

Award Date: December 10, 2022

Awarded As: Dendrobium merrillii

This plant belongs to me. It received a CBR.
It was purchased from Accent Orchids, who either received it from Ching Hua or Phrao both out of Taiwan, but they each claim that they got them from someone out of Thailand.
Having looked at this after it was awarded and comparing it to merrillii it doesn't look correct for that species. I could not find any flower in section Aporum that matches the small oblong lip.

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