Two Dendrobiums caught my attention in the botanical gardenīs orchidarium today. They were tagged only as "Dendrobium", not indicating if they were hybrids or natural species. Can anyone ID them?
The fist one was slightly fragrant, and had that Phalaenopsis look, a short, straight pseudobulb with 4 leathery leaves, and the inflorescence coming from the top.
The other one had this lemon-yellow flowers and scarlet labellum coming in a lateral inflorescence. The plant was short too, and apparently the leaves were deciduous.
Here is the second plant.
I bought a Den this year with the same bloom colour as the second plant, there was no name with it and I've not yet found one.
Den hybrids are almost as bad as phals for ID. The second one is close to a Den. Burana Jade - got that little twist in the slightly narrower petals. But then there are various related crosses. Some of the Madame Uraiwan crosses are similar as well - e.g., New Horizon x Madame Uraiwan.
