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Dendrobium laevifolium '2nd' × '1st'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN3421
Name: Dendrobium laevifolium '2nd' × '1st'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Charles C. Smith  (Email: chaz.smit@gmail.com)
 
Donor's home page: http://mysite.verizon.net/chaz.smith/index.htm
 
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Pollen Parent Flower
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Pod parent plant: Temperature range CI (58-75°F)
Pollen parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: Miniature. Blooms appear similar to Dendrobium cuthbertsonii, however, this plant is supposedly easier to grow. It blooms from the top of leafless pseudobulbs.

Pollen parent plant: This miniature New Guinea species blooms on leafless bulbs.
 
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 71°F, nights 57°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Dendrobium   From Greek "dendron" tree and "bios" life. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of laevifolium   From Latin "laevifolius" with shining leaves. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Dendrobium   den-DRO-bee-um (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Flask Information
Availability: Capsules failed. We were not able to make any 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.
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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: Widespread on islands of the southwest Pacific. Plants grow on Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, the Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, and in Papua New Guinea on Rossel and Misima Islands in the Louisiade Archipelago. On Misima, plants grow on moss-covered branches, twigs, and rocks in areas with a dense groundcover of mosses, begonias, ferns, and small creepers. Collections were made on the steep ridge of a forested gully at about 3100 ft. (950 m). Reports from other parts of the habitat indicate that plants grow at 1200-7700 ft. (360-2340 m). They usually grow in thick moss near the base of trees, on moss covered saplings, or in deep lichen and moss on the trunks of elfin forest trees in areas normally saturated with cold mist or light rain with brief bursts of very hot sunshine.
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