Meyers Conservatory - troymeyers.com
Site Navigation
Flasking Home Page
Your Picks List
Comprehensive List
Articles in the Site
Search
Ready-To-Go Flasks
Fast-Turn Flasks
Greenhouse Plants
Current Reservations
Testimonials
 
Flasks of
Dendrobium atroviolaceum 'MC402' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN1475
Name: Dendrobium atroviolaceum 'MC402' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Dale Borders
 
Click to Enlarge
Thumbnail
Pod Parent Flower
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range W (70-90°F)
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 79°F, nights 69°F; best fit is warm-intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of atroviolaceum   From Latin "atro-" lusterless black; "violaceus" violet. Black-violet. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Dendrobium   From Greek "dendron" tree and "bios" life. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of atroviolaceum   at-row-vy-oh-LAH-see-um (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Dendrobium   den-DRO-bee-um (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
If you would like to direct someone to this web page, please copy and paste this URL into your email:
http://troymeyers.com/d?011475

Flask Information
Availability: There were problems with this item and we weren't able to make any viable flasks.
You should: Consider placing a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You might also want to: View the seed assay for this item.
View items of the same species.
View items of the same genus.
 
 

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: New Guinea. Plants are found in eastern Papua New Guinea and on Rossel Island as well as other islands off the eastern tip of New Guinea. In the Milne Bay District, plants grow on large, rainforest tree-trunks at 1000-2450 ft. (300-750 m). In Irian Jaya (western New Guinea), plants have been reported from the Cyclops Mountains near Jayapura, but habitat elevation was not given.
More about this information and the Bakers...
 
 

Go to Flasking Home Page -- Contact Us
Contents of all pages Copyright © 1999-2024. All rights reserved.