Australian Native Plants

  Thelychiton gracilicaulis (Delicate Dendrobium)


Thelychiton gracilicaulis photo
Dendrobium gracilicaule, Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan

Photograph by KENPEI. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Thelychiton gracilicaulis photo
Dendrobium gracilicaule

Photograph by David Lochlin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




DELICATE DENDROBIUM FACTS

distribution map showing range of Thelychiton gracilicaulis in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Delicate Dendrobium

Other Names
Leopard Orchid, Blotched Cane Orchid, Yellow Cane Orchid, Delicate Stems Dendrobium

Description
The Delicate Dendrobium is native to eastern Australia and is also found on some islands of the South Pacific. The leaves are greyish green and elongated oval. The flowers are yellowish green with reddish spots. The flowers clusters have from 5 to more than 30 flowers.

Habitat
grows on trees and sometimes rocks

Distribution
Thelychiton gracilicaulis is found in south eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.



Classification
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Genus:Thelychiton
Species:gracilicaulis
Common Name:Delicate Dendrobium


Relatives in same Genus
  Thelychiton jonesii
  Thelychiton kingianus
  Thelychiton moorei
  Thelychiton speciosus