Object Details
- Description
- This Australian orchid takes its common name from its long, cylindrical pseudobulbs. Its scientific name, schoeninum, means rush-like in reference to the common Australian rush genus Schoenus.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to May; October
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2010-1221A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is .6-1.2" (1.5-3 cm) long with 1-4 white flowers that last about 2 weeks. Flowers are 1-1.4" (2.5-3.5 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- E Australia
- Habitat
- Rainforests or open forests; 0-1970ft (0-600m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Pencil Orchid
- Rat Tail Orchid
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- schoeninum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2010-1221A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7f806e032-3d91-4c3d-a4bd-6b8efcd5f5a0
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