la tuteka

Sinónimo: Callista nobilis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium coerulescens Wallich 1838; Dendrobium formosanum [Rchb.f]Masamune 1933; Dendrobium lindleyanum Griffith 1851; Dendrobium nobile f. nobilius (Rchb.f.) M.Hiroe 1971; Dendrobium nobile var. alboluteum Huyen & Aver. 1989; Dendrobium nobile var. formosanum Rchb.f. 1883; Dendrobium nobile var. nobilius Rchb.f. 1833.

Distribución: Chinese Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam

Hábito: broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests and primary montane forests as well as on mossy limestone rocks at elevations of 200 to 2000 meters with erect, clustered, compressed, grooved with age, yellowish stems carrying distichous, coriaceopus, strap shaped, or oblong, persistent leaves that blooms mostly in the winter but is possible throughout the year on short, 2 to 4 flowered racemes with fragrant, waxy, heavy-textured,long-lived, highly variable [mostly color] flowers that arise at the upper nodes of leafed and leafless canes. They need a decided winter rest from fertilizer and water to ensure a good bloom season and the yellowing of the leaves in the fall is the sign to begin.

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