Dendrobium guerreroi
| Dendrobium guerreroi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Class: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Podochilaeae |
| Subtribe: | Dendrobiinae |
| Genus: | Dendrobium |
| Species: | D. guerreroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobium guerreroi Ames & Quisumb.[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dendrobium guerreroi (Guerrero's Dendrobium) is a member of the family Orchidaceae endemic to the Philippines.[2] It was named in honor of Mr. Guerrero, a Filipino orchid collector in the 1900s.[3] This species is a small to medium to large sized, warm growing epiphyte with thin descendant, clumping pseudobulbs that rarely branch and carry many, unsubdivided, pointed fleshy leaves. Flowers are 3 centimeters and are yellow with light orange labia.
References
- ↑ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ The Orchids of the Philippines, J. Cootes 2001
- ↑ Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984
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