Dendrobium oreodoxa x cuthbertsonii

I purchased this hybrid several years ago and as far as I know it is still unnamed.  It is a hybrid of the micro-miniature Dendrobium cuthbertsonii from section Oxyglossum and the much larger cane-type Dendrobium oreodoxa from section Calyptrochilus, both species from New Guinea.  The hybrid seems little influenced by the Dendrobium oreodoxa parent.  Both plant and flowers look like the other parent.  The individual growths are less than 3 cm and the flowers are nearly 4 cm long.

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Dendrobium cyancocentrum

This is another tiny species from New Guinea, but it belongs to a different section than most of the New Guinea Dendrobiums I post.  This jewel is from section Calyptrochilus.  The plant is only 4 cm tall and the flowers are 1.5 cm.  There is a blue-flowered form of this species as well, but both have the blue "column" that gives the species its name.  I am flowering this for the first time and it has only a single flower, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

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