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Flasks of
Dendrobium kingianum 'MC4708' × kingianum var. album 'MC4709'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6410
Name: Dendrobium kingianum 'MC4708' × kingianum var. album 'MC4709'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Mr Gareth Wills  (Email: gwills13@bellsouth.net)
 
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Comments: Pod parent plant: Plant is the offspring of 'Mallory's' x 'Slade's'. It is a nice medium-pink kingianum, and tough as any.

Pollen parent plant: This album cultivar is smaller and slower-growing than most other kingianums.
 

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 75°F, nights 58°F; best fit is cool-intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 62°F, nights 42°F; best fit is Cool-Cold 64-44°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of album   From Latin "albus" white. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Dendrobium   From Greek "dendron" tree and "bios" life. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of kingianum   Named for Capt. P. G. King, governor of New South Wales, Australia in the 19th century. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of album   AL-bum (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Dendrobium   den-DRO-bee-um (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of kingianum   king-ee-AH-num (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We had yield problems with this item, so we didn't continue flasking it.
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.
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