Scientific Name: Dendrobium kingianum

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  • Common Name:
    Pink Rock Orchid
  • Type:
    Epiphytic
  • Family:
    ORCHIDACEAE
  • Status:
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  • Flowers:
    Spring flowering. Pink, white, rosy purple.
  • Flowers Color:
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  • Fruit Color:
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  • Vegetation Type:
    Montane on cliff faces and in rock crevices on volcanic peaks.
  • Species List:
    Upper Yandina Creek, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah
Identification Notes

Lithophytic orchid growing in dense masses. Leaves 2-7, 3-14 cm x 30 mm on pseudobulbs to 30 cm long x 2.5 cm diam. Often furrowed, comparatively slender. Flowers pink, occasionally white, rosy purple to 20 mm, on racemes to 20 cm long.

Associated Fauna

Pollinated by small native bees