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Dendrobium smilliae Orchid Species Flask, Aus in EIGHT MILE PLAINS, Queensland for sale

Dendrobium smilliae Orchid Species Flask, Aus
Dendrobium smilliae Orchid Species Flask, Aus
Dendrobium smilliae Orchid Species Flask, Aus
Dendrobium smilliae Orchid Species Flask, Aus

Dendrobium smilliae F. Muell. 1867
The Bottlebrush Orchid
A popular species native to QLD and PNG. Produces numerous dense flowers. Plant like warm temperatures and medium amount of light. During the winter likes a bit of rest from water and fertiliser until spring which new growth areas. Well drained mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.
The flask on offer is the one in the photos which has very healthy and actively growing seedlings.
The following is from: http://www.orchidspecies.com/densmilleae.htm
Dendrobium smilliae F. Muell. 1867 SECTION Pedilonum
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Common Name Smillie's Dendrobium [Female Orchid Enthusiast Australia 1800's] - In Australia The Bottlebrush Orchid
Flower Size 1 1/2" to 2" [1.5 to 3 cm]
Found in Queensland Australia as well as Papua and New Guinea growing on tree limbs, trunks, tree crooks where leaves have accumulated to form soil and on rocks in lowland open forests near the edge of rainforests at elevations under 600 meters as a large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with slender, fusiform, leafy throughout, sulcate with age stems enveloped by thin, scarious sheaths and carrying oblong or lanceolate, very thin, twisted or curved, acute leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, medium length to 5" [4 to 12.5 cm], densely many flowered raceme that arise from near the apex of the leafless cane, carrying stiff, thick, waxy and fleshy, tubular flowers held in a ball. A slight winter rest from water and fertilizer should be given until new growth emerges in the spring.
Synonyms Callista ophioglossa (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista smilliae (F. Muell.) Kuntze 1891; Chromatotriccum pachyceras (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Coelandria smillieae [F. Meuller] Fitz. 1882; Dendrobium hollrungii Kranzlin 1889; Dendrobium hollrungii Kranzlin var australiense Rendle ?; Dendrobium kaernbachii Kranzlin 1894; Dendrobium ophioglossum Rchb.f 1876; Dendrobium pachyceras F. Mueller & Kranzlin 1894; Dendrobium secundum var. urvillei Finet 1903; Dendrobium smilliae var ophioglossum[Rchb.f]Bailey ?; Pedilonum hollrungii (Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum ophioglossum (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1981; Pedilonum pachyceras (F. Muell. & Kraenzl. ex Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum smillieae (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983
All flasks will be packed secure and properly but sometimes flask can get shaken in post. If the flask gets jumbled in the post the seedling can be deflasked with no problem.
If you didn't like what you received send it back and I will send your money back (minus shipping). Risk free business, bid with confidence.
I have listed a number of rare, exotic and in demand species this time. I have only a very limited number of these flasks so make sure you check them all
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We combine postage. Pickup also available from Runcorn, Brisbane.