Pankaj : what is the white tissue like covering on the stem between "nodes"... if thats what they are called in Orchid...
Does the " bark" split that way? by the way nice unusual flower... Dont think have seen it before.. or at least my brain hasn't saved it... Usha di ====== On Oct 21, 8:41 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1299 > (1830). > > Synonym > Callista chrysantha (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891). > Dendrobium paxtonii Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 43 (1839). > Dendrobium chrysanthum var. microphthalama Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., > n.s., 11: 366 (1879). > Dendrobium chrysanthum var. anophthalama Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., > 19: 44 (1883). > > Distribution: Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China > Current pic taken at KFBG, Hong Kong. > > Regards > Pankaj > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > > Slide39.JPG > 1238KViewDownload > > Slide46.JPG > 810KViewDownload

