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  1. May 4th, 2009, 07:31 AM #1
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    Smile Dendrobium olivaceum

    Native to Borneo, the flower about 2 inches very nice fragrant, surprisingly all the flowers are upside down like bats. Solitary and long lasting..
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    Pretty dendrobium bloom - sort of looks like it has teeth.

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    Looks so pretty and this guy i 've never seen before good grow,zainal.
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    So cute! I agree with BD-it does look like it has teeth...
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    If I was an insect I would be avoiding those fangs not pollinating it what a lovely and unusual flower it has, thank you for the photos!
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    nice one! what size is the flower?
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    lovely, it seems to me that dendrobiums have the most divers species of all orchids, of
    course i could be wrong. anyways i agree it seems to have a teeth. thanks for sharing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron-NY View Post
    nice one! what size is the flower?
    About 2 to 21/2 inches,very tough and thick. The cane may exceed 1 meter as you can see the photo below.
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    Hi zainal, what's the tree behind Dendrobium olivaceum with red flowers? Is it an orchid? Can you take pics to OT?
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    Quote Originally Posted by raika View Post
    Hi zainal, what's the tree behind Dendrobium olivaceum with red flowers? Is it an orchid? Can you take pics to OT?
    Ya , it is a dendrobium species from Borneo the cane exactly like dendrobium cruminatum very tall and more than one meter . Still no idea what it is, I already posted about 1 month ago. look at the link below.Enjoy the photos Raika
    1./www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/cattleyas-vandas-dendrobiums-bloom/14189-dendrobium-species.html
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