Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium lindleyi
Lindley's Dendrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D.lindleyi
Binomial name
Dendrobium lindleyi
Steud., 1840

Lindley's Dendrobium (Dendrobium lindleyi), also known as Dendrobium aggregatum (nom. illeg.) , is a plant of the genus Dendrobium. They are found in Southeast Asian mountains.[1]

Dendrobium lindleyi flowers in spring with inflorescences of about 10-30 cm (4-12 in) long having 5 to 15 flowers. The plant enjoys a lot of light. [1]

Taxonomic Confusion

Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel published the first valid description of this taxon in 1840, on page 490 of Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1. In the same publication, on page 556, William Roxburgh moved the taxon to Epidendrum aggregatum Roxb. ex Steud., a change of genus which has been rejected. The next year, John Lindley published a very different plant (which is still recognized as an Epidendrum, not a Dendrobium) as Epidendrum aggregatum. Thus, Epidendrum aggregatum Roxb. ex Steud. is a synonym for Dendrobium lindleyi Steud., but Epidendrum aggregatumLindl. is the name of a very different orchid, and is not a synonym for Dendrobium lindleyi Steud..[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 295-296. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
  2. ^ search for Epidendrum aggregatum on the site http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do


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