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Dendrobium crumenatum a. k. a. Anggrek Merpati a. k. a Pigeon Orchid

Classification
Kingdom
: Plantae – Plantae
Subkingdom
: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division
: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Subdivision
: Angiospermae – Seed encloses plants
Class
: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order
: Asparagales
Family
: Orchidaceae - Orchid
Genus
: Dendrobium
Species
: Dendrobium crumenatum Sw., 1799

Synonym(s)
Mokara crumenatum, Epidendrum canium, Aporum crumenatum, Mokara crumenata, Dendrobium kwashotense (NPark Singapore, -).

Popular Name(s)
  • Local name(s): Anggrek Melati 
  • Common name(s): Pigeon Orchid (English), White Dove Orchid, Pigeon Flower, Sparrow Orchid, Bag-shaped Dendrobium, Daun Seputih Tulang (NPark Singapore, -), Anggrek Merpati (Indonesian), 
Description
Type: shrubby, shrub (Herbaceous; trailing), epiphyte, perennial (NPark Singapore, -).

Habitat & Microhabitat
Old trees in open country (Meesawat and Kanchanapoom, 2007). It's found on L. leucocephala.

Flower Life Span on Plant
One day, and it was very fragrant. It's the reason why Sundanese called this orchid "Anggrek Melati"(Sundanese; Anggrek=orchid, Melati=Jasmine) because of the flower white and fragrant such as Jasmine flower. Recorded: bloom on 3rd July 2018 in Bandung, 4th July 2018 in Sumedang. It's blooming again on 18th August 2018.

Distribution
South China, Indochina, Burma, Malay Peninsular, The Philippines to South-East Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea (Meesawat and Kanchanapoom, 2007), Christmas Island, Fiji, Hawaii. It’s reported for the first time from the mainland of India (Andaman dan the Nicobar Islands, now in Kerala) (Ram et al., 2015).

Treatment
There are a lot of tutorial about it. But honestly, what my family did was to use coconut fibbers planting medium and put it in enough light (full sun), and the last to water it with rice washing water.

Utilization
Medicine as ethnobiology (Nuriliani, et al., interviewed on Jitunews, 2016) in China of one genus Dendrobium, D. catenatum is used to  treat rheumatism (Wiart, 2014) and ornament plant. 

Pharmacology
Antioxidant, phenol, flavonoids (Topriyani, 2013). 

Toxicity
-

Pictures

Dendrobium crumenatum
Picture 1. Dendrobium crumenatum, located Buahdua, Sumedang (4th July 2018)

Dendrobium crumenatum
Picture 2. Dendrobium crumenatum, located Buahdua, Sumedang

Dendrobium crumenatum
Picture 3. Dendrobium crumenatum, located Buahdua, Sumedang

Dendrobium crumenatum
Picture 4. Dendrobium crumenatum, located Buahdua, Sumedang

Dendrobium crumenatum
Picture 5. Dendrobium crumenatum, located Buahdua, Sumedang

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