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Jun 8, 2014 7:10 PM CST
Name: Melissa
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Hi Jim,

The easy way to tell without blooming it is to rip off one of the p-bulbs and cut it in half. If hollow, Schom or Myrc. If not, Dendrobium.

My gut reaction when I first saw it was lindleyi but the p-bulbs on lindleyi are much smaller. So then I thought jenkinsii, which it could be (same Den section, closely related). But I know it is Dendrobium. nodding

The Schoms and Myrcs only bloom at the apex in the center of the bifoliate leaves. If you look really close at the top of the p-bulb, you can see the old bloom nodes on the side.

So my money is on Dendrobium. (I'll post a photo of a dissected Myrc as I have 4 of the species in my collection).

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