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Established Seedlings of
Dendrobium hercoglossum 'Phoenix' × 'Athanasios' |
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Number: |
TN8343 |
Name: |
Dendrobium hercoglossum 'Phoenix' × 'Athanasios'
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Type: |
outcross (What's that?) |
Seed Donor: |
Troy C. Meyers
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Pod Parent Flowers |
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Pollen Parent Flower |
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Comments: Pod parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN3139 effort of 2003.
Pollen parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN6137 effort of 2007.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 81°F, nights 65°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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Winter: days average 81°F, nights 57°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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About the name...
Etymology of |
Dendrobium |
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From Greek "dendron" tree and "bios" life.
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
Etymology of |
hercoglossum |
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From latinized Greek "hercoglossus" with a wall- or rampart-like lip.
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Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
Pronunciation of |
Dendrobium |
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den-DRO-bee-um
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Pridgeon 1992) |
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If you would like to direct someone to this web page, please copy and paste this URL into your email:
http://troymeyers.com/d?128343
ESTABLISHED SEEDLINGS
of these are not currently available, but we have some maturing in the greenhouse and expect to offer them in the future.
There are 5 items with
1 plant per
item that will be considered for sale later.
Click here to see if we have flasks available.
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker
The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.
ORIGIN/HABITAT: Sumatra, Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China,
and the Philippines. In China, plants grow in Kwangtung, Hainan and Hong
Kong at 1950-4150 ft. (600-1260 m). In Sumatra, Schlechter collected a
single plant from a tree near Padang at about 100 ft. (30 m). Plants often
grow on trees near streams.
More about this information and the Bakers... |
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