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Mini Dendrobium ID: Likely a Phalaenopsis-Type Hybrid

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Grown ~4 years. Exact hybrid ID impossible without a tag—dozens look similar. Likely a cross between a Dendrobium phalaenopsis-type and a New Guinea hybrid. Spike is longer than typical New Guinea types but smaller than a standard Den. phalaenopsis hybrid.

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