| Jay
Names are confusing because you try to make a meaning out of them. Scientist hate all the common names as meaningless. Hobbyist then try to use a name to apply conditions to a much larger group of plants.
Nobile (nobile-type) is in the commercial trade given to the group of Dendrobium that are hybridized from Dendrobium nobile, which is characterized by flowers blooming from the stem, being semi-deciduous. It then is often extended to other Dens with the same growing characteristics.
Den. kingianum is a popular Australian native orchid. That is why you see it mentioned so often with all the Australian members we have on the forum.
This does emphasis one thing I would like to pass on. Species orchids like kingianum and species Den nobile have specific growing habits.
Hybrids from the same plants have some of the original characteristics, but the purpose of hybridizing is to add desired characteristics to the new plant.
As a result, they are more tolerant to variety of growing conditions then species. There is no reason for a hybridizer to reproduce a plant that is hard to grow. He picks the easy to grow hybrids.
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