Species Information - Dendrobium scotiiforme

Dendrobium scotiiforme J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 32; Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 290, t. 106, fig. 187.

Type: Bogor cult. (Gjellerup) 442 (iso L 2x).

Synonyms:

• Diplocaulobium scotiiforme (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10 (1961) 109.
• Dendrobium scotiiforme J.J.Sm. var. tenuifolium J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 400.
  - Type: Bogor cult. (Branderhorst) 284 (holo L; iso L, probable, s.n., 1923, no coll.).

Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, base fusiform, 1-1.4 by 0.45-0.7 cm, upper part very slender, 2.5-8 by 0.1-0.13 cm, cm. Leaves narrowly linear, semiterete, 9-12 by 0.17-0.2 cm, apex shortly bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 1 cm long. Pedicel 2.75 cm long; ovary 0.25 cm long. Flower c. 4.3 cm across. Dorsal sepal 2.8 cm by 4 mm. Lateral sepals mentum 0.65 cm long, obtuse. Petals 2.9 cm by 1.8 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.27 by 0.6 cm, with 3 pubescent keels, the lateral ones terminating with a short tooth near the middle of the midlobe, the middle one inconspicuous and a little longer; midlobe clawed, the claw 0.2 cm long, the blade 0.46 by 0.44 cm. Column 0.3 cm long.
(after Smith, 1916).

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