Dendrobium yeageri

Dendrobium yeageri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. yeageri
Binomial name
	Dendrobium yeageri; Ames & Quisumb.[1]

Dendrobium yeageri (Yeager's dendrobium) is a species of the family Orchidaceae endemic to the Philippines named in honor of Dr. Clark Harvey Yeager. It is a small to medium-sized, warm growing epiphyte with thin descendant, clumping pseudobulbs that rarely branch and carry many, unsubdivided, pointed fleshy leaves. It has violet or purple inflorescences with a darker center of 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in).

References

↑ "Plant Name Details for Dendrobium yeageri" (HTML). International Plant Names Index (IPNI). International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 2 September 2012.

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[IPNI-1] "Plant Name Details for Dendrobium yeageri" (HTML). International Plant Names Index (IPNI). International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 2 September 2012.