UConn Home Banner
HOME COLLECTIONS TEACHING RESEARCH VISITING STAFF

Orchidaceae

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Cypripedieae

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Arethuseae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Coelogyneae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae I - New World

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae II - Old World

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Maxillarieae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Podochileae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Vandeae

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Vanilleae

Subfamily Spiranthoideae
Tribe Cranchideae

Dendrobium kingianum Bidw. ex Lindley

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Pink Rock Orchid, Pink Rock Lily
  • Family: Orchidaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: eastern Australia - Queensland & NSW
  • Habitat: rock faces and cliffs in pockets of leaf litter

  • Description: Dendrobium kingianum occurs naturally in an area along the east coast of Australia between Rockhampton in Queensland and the Hunter River in New SouthWales. It grows exclusively on rock faces or among the decaying leaf litter in rock crevices.
Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}

 
   

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199300111
  • Source: unknown
  • Accession Date: 01-01-1993
  • Bench: 3302 - Cool Orchids
  • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-08-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • SubFamily: Epidendroideae
  • Tribe: Dendrobieae
  • SubTribe: Dendrobiinae
References:

Australian National Botanic Gardens Website - last visited 2/14/02
Australasian Native Orchid Society Website - last visited 2/14/02

page generated on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:05:45 -0400
UConn       The Web       People
WEATHER          MSDS & LABELS          STATISTICS          DISCLAIMER © Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses
75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043
860-486-4052
email: eeb dot greenhouse at uconn dot edu