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Dendrobium orchid

Dendrobium sp.

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

Vibrant flowers whose stems have thorns.

Habitat:

Seen in a tropical rainforest garden. These orchids are native to Southeast Asia (Philippines included), Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.

Notes:

The genus Dendrobium contains over 1000 species.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
No problem, yeah, it will be tough to narrow down any further.
mauna Kunzah
Thanks, Dan! I knew it was an orchid but wasn't sure what genus. Dendrobium is a huge genus, by the way! I'll update this.

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Flowers of North America
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Hawai'i Bioblitz 2013
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedMarch 13, 2013

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