Schlechter

Pronunciation:

do-lik-o-CEN-trum
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae

Dendrobium furcatum grows in montane rainforests in areas with year-round rainfall. It is a medium sized, pendulous epiphyte sometimes found in coffee plantations on older trees. The flowers are large and white with a long spur formed from the sepals and are formed on short inflorescences.

Derivation: dolichos = long; kentron = spur. Named for the long spur on the sepals.

Number of species:

A small Section of only one species, Den. furcatum. The World Monocot Checklist also includes Den. superans.

Distribution:

From Northeast Sulawesi. 

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