Dendrobium platyclinoides
Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 32; Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 287, t. 105, fig. 184.
Type: Janowsky 71 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium platyclinoides (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10 (1961) 109.
Rhizome patent, branching. Pseudobulbs to 0.8 cm apart, 1-leaved, terete, 1.25-4 by 0.3-0.35 cm. Leaves almost linear, 4-7 by '0.8'(0.3?)-0.58 cm, coriaceous, apex equally or unequally acutely bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 1-1.4 cm long; peduncle 1-1.4 cm long. Pedicel and ovary 1.8-1.9 cm long, 6-grooved. Flower c. 4 cm across. Dorsal sepal linear-caudate, widened at the base, 2.5 cm by 5 mm. Lateral sepals obliquely linear-caudate, widened at the base, 2.5 cm by 6 mm. Petals linear-caudate, slightly widened at the base, 2 cm by 1.3 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 0.75 by 0.43 cm, with 2 keels; lateral lobes falcate-triangular, obtuse; midlobe recurved, suborbicular, 0.4 by 0.48 cm, abruptly shortly apiculate-acuminate. Column 0.27 cm long, stelidia triangular, acute, upper margin denticulate, filament minute; column-foot 0.55 cm long. Anther 1 mm wide. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 6-grooved, (immature) 1.3 cm.
(after Smith, 1916).
Flower red, lip white (past anthesis).
Not recorded. Altitude 500 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Legarei River).
Warm growing epiphyte.
June.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium platyclinoides
Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm. has a rather characteristic habit and a large, almost orbicular midlobe to the lip.
The position of Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm. in subsection Diplocaulobium is questionable.
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Dendrobium platyclinoides
Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Janowsky 71
Dendrobium platyclinoides
Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Janowsky 71
Dendrobium platyclinoides
Dendrobium platyclinoides J.J.Sm., holotype specimen: Janowsky 71 (BO)