Dendrobium calamiforme

EDIT: 3/9/2014 I now believe this to be Dendrobium calamiforme and I have changed the thread title accordingly.

After reviewing Marni's post from 2009 ( http://www.orchidsforum.com/threads/dockrillia-teretifolia.909/ ) I should be embarrassed to post my plant, but here it is anyway.
Grown bright, mounted, intermediate. I reduce the water in the winter but don't give it a dry rest. This plant struggled for a few years until I found its niche but is doing fine now. There appear to be at least 3 more spikes starting.

 

Interesting. I was given a small piece of this and was told that it was Dendrobium teretifolium but we all know how unreliable that can be. So, I've been doing a little reading.
I just measured the leaves and counted the blooms on mine. The longest leaf is 44 cm and approx. 5-6 mm in diameter. There are 11 blooms on the inflorescence. The leaf size could fit either D. teretifolium or fairfaxii. However, D. fairfaxii only has 1-4 blooms on the inflorescence. Another possibility would be Dockrillia calamiformis (previously called Dendrobium teretifolium var. fasciculatum). Of course there is always the possibility that it is a hybrid and the person that gave it to me didn't know what it was. I'll keep researching it.

 

Can any of you Aussies out there help with this?

 

Thanks, Marni. So do you think that your seedlings are not D. teretifolium?
Here is a link to a web site that I came across with photos from Australian growers. https://plus.google.com/photos/107706963036332579805/albums/5826025599572045873?banner=pwa There seems to be a lot of variation in the teretifolium, both flowers and growth habit. Just from a cursory review of the photos it seems that mine most closely matches the Dockrillia calamiformis. I'm fairly certain that it is not the D. fairfaxii mainly due to the flower count.

 

Thanks for the follow-up, Marni. I still believe mine to be Dockrillia calamiformis (Kew has accepted Dendrobium calamiforme). Next time mine blooms I'll take some measurements and dissect. http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/...070e0e/media/Html/Dockrillia_calamiformis.htm

 

I changed the title of the thread to Dendrobium calamiforme. Here is a link to an Australian forum showing a plant and blooms that appear to be the same as mine. http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/node/7676

 

Based on measurements it appears to be Dendrobium calamiforme. The inflorescence had 9-10 flowers and the inflorescence photo is just the lower portion that still had some past-prime flowers that were about to drop.