Sea level orchid at elevation under 600 meter, intermediate temperature and medium light. 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. Blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, medium length to 5" [4 to 12.5 cm]Section : Pedilonum
Ecological habit : Epiphytic
Flower Size : 1 1/2" to 2" [1.5 to 3 cm]
Color : white, pink, green
Distribution : Australia and Papua
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
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