Dendrobium moniliforme
is a perennial orchid that inhabits rocks or trunks by spreading and
sticking many roots. Stems are in bundles, with a height of 10-30cm,
and have many nodes, and each internode has many streaks. Leaves are
of alternate phyllotaxis, each lanceolate thick, approximately 5cm
long, and lasting a few years. Flowers, one or two in number, white
to light pink, bloom at the nodes having lost leaves; the sepals are
three, the lateral petals the two being approximately the same
length, about 2.5cm long. The lips are shorter than the sepals or
petals and oval-oblong-shaped. Bloom time: May-June. |