Dendrobium kingianum Lindl.

Pink Rock Orchid

Medium sized epilith. Pseudobulbs narrow-conical, to 30 cm long, fleshy, erect or spreading. Leaves 3?6, elliptic to obovate, to 10 cm long, to 2 cm wide, persistent. Flowers 2-15, to 2 cm wide, white to purple but usually pink, labellum with purple markings; spring. Sepals ovate. Petals oblong, narrower than sepals. Labellum 3-lobed, midlobe blunt or pointed, side lobes pointed.

Qld & NSW.

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