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Dendrobium karoense
Dendrobium karoense Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 157
Type: Type: Schlechter 13691 (holo B, lost; iso AMES).
Synonyms:
- Cadetia karoensis (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 440.
Basionym: Dendrobium karoense.
Rhizome very short. Stems crowded, slender, 3.5-8 cm by 2 mm, 1-leaved. Leaves erect-patent, obliquely subfalcate-ligulate, 3.5-7 by 0.5-0.8 cm, apex obtuse, unequally bilobulate. Inflorescences terminal from the leaf axil, 1-flowered. Pedicel and ovary 0.8 cm long, densely bristly recurved-hairy. Flower c. 0.7 cm across. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 0.4 cm long, apex acuminate. Petals linear-falcate, 0.4 cm long, apex subacute. Lip 3-lobed, 0.5 cm long; lateral lobes small, obtuse, connected by a transverse crest; midlobe transverse, 0.4 cm wide, apex subretuse. Column short; column-foot sparely minutely pubescent.
(after Schlechter, 1912).
Not recorded.
Epiphyte in lowland forest. Altitude 300 m.
Bismarck Archipelago (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (East New Britain Province).
Warm growing epiphyte.
October.
Dendrobium karoense Schltr. is a close relative of Dendrobium umbellatum (Gaudich.) Rchb.f.. It may be distinguished by the obtuse lateral lobes of the lip that are connected by a transverse crest, and by the broader petals.
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Dendrobium karoense
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Dendrobium karoense
Dendrobium karoense Schltr.(as Cadetia karoensis (Schltr.) Schltr.), drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 152, fig. 570