Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe

Medium sized epiphyte. Pseudobulbs cylindrical, to 17 cm long, clustered, arching or pendent. Leaves several, oblong, to 7 cm long, to 2 cm wide, fleshy, soon falling. Flowers usually solitary, to 5 cm wide, pink. Sepals ovate. Petals elliptic, wider than sepals. Labellum almost round, funnel shaped at base, margins fringed, throat orange; winter to spring.

Southern China and Laos.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Dendrobium Sw.