Dendrobium chrysotoxum

Dendrobium chrysotoxum is a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte native of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, China, eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh and Assam India at elevations of 400 to 1600 meters with clustered, grooved, clavate or fusiform, to 30 cm long, many angled, apically thickened pseudobulbs enveloped by many white, membraneous sheaths carrying 2 to 3 , towards the apex, oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, acute leaves and blooms from winter through spring. The 30 cm inflorescence arises from nodes near the apex of the pseudobulb and it is lax and pendulous and the flowers are highly fragrant of honey and are short lived.