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Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, Rumphia 4 (1849) 40, pl. 193, fig. 5, pl. 198D.
Type: Latour drawing (New Guinea) or Zippelius s.n. (L).
Synonyms:
- Callista funiformis (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 654.
- Cadetia funiformis (Blume) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 424.
- Dendrobium warianum (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 17 (non Schltr.).
- Cadetia wariana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 426; 21 (1923) t. 146, fig. 551.
- Type: Schlechter 17838 (B, lost); 19342 (B, lost; AMES, BO, G, K, L, MO, NSW, S). - Cadetia ordinata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58 (1922).
- Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 27; Nova Guinea 12 (1915) 272, t. 98, fig. 170.
- Type: Gjellerup 973 (holo BO).
Rhizome elongated, creeping, mat-forming. Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, cylindrical, 0.5-1 by 0.2-0.3 cm. Leaves erect-patent, ligulate, 1-1.5 by 0.15-0.25 cm, apex apiculate. Inflorescences arising subterminally below the abaxial side of the leaf, 1-flowered. Pedicel and ovary 0.6 cm long, subclavate, triangular in cross section. Flower c. 0.7 cm long. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 0.3 cm long, apex obtuse. Lateral sepals obliquely broadly ovate, apex obtuse; mentum cylindrical, 0.3 cm long, obtuse. Petals obliquely ligulate, almost as long as the sepals. Lip clawed, the claw linear, 2.3 mm long, adnate to the column-foot, the blade oblong, somewhat dilated in upper half, 2.8 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, total length 0.5 cm, in basal part minutely pubescent, slightly swollen in the middle, apical margins swollen, apex obtuse. Column short, pubescent in front, stelidia truncate, filament tooth-like. Fruit 3-winged, the dorsal wings broader than the ventral wing, 0.8-1 cm.
(largely after Schlechter, 1912 - as Cadetia wariana).
Flower white, apex of lip light yellow to orange-yellow, anther yellow, greenish or white.
Epiphyte in hill forest, also lithophytic. Altitude 0 to 800 m.
New Guinea, Australia (Queensland).
Papua (Waigeo; Jayapura, Jaya Wijaya, and Merauke Regencies); Papua New Guinea (Sandaun, Morobe, and Central Provinces).
Warm growing epiphyte, keep in light shade.
January to August.
- Smith, J.J. 1935. Nova Guinea 18, 1: 37.
- O'Byrne, P. 1994. Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea: 166, fig.
Dendrobium funiforme Blume is a mat-forming species with an entire or weakly 3-lobed lip, of which the apical margins are distinctly swollen.
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Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, flowers, front view, Cult John Cara, from Australia
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Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, flower, front view, Cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, flower, oblique front view, cult John Cara, from Australia
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, photo John Cara, flower, oblique lateral view, cult John Cara, from Australia
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Dendrobium funiforme Blume, habit, photo P. O'Byrne, based on O'Byrne C130
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, from Rumphia 4 (1849) pl. 193, fig. 5
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, from Rumphia 4 (1849) pl. 198D
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm.), drawing Natadipoera, based on Gjellerup 973
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm.), drawing Natadipoera, based on Gjellerup 973
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm.), drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 973
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Cadetia wariana Schltr.), drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 146, fig. 551
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium funiforme Blume), drawing J.J. Smith, based on Zippel s.n.
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm.), drawing J.J. Smith, based on Docters van Leeuwen 10218
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Dendrobium ordinatum J.J.Sm.), drawing J.J. Smith, based on Docters van Leeuwen 10218
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume (as Cadetia wariana Schltr.), type specimen: Schlechter 19342 (iso L)
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20030800 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20030800 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20030800 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20030800 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.
Dendrobium funiforme
Dendrobium funiforme Blume, flower, oblique lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, based on Leiden cult. 20030800 (de Vogel et al.), from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov.