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Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 303.
Type: Gjellerup 871 (Gautier Mountains.) (syn BO); Sitanala 11203 (Aru Isl.) (iso? L, probable).
Synonyms:
IN PREPARATION
Stems crowded, very slender, terete, more than 60 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, often with clusters of adventitious roots. Leaves erect-patent, linear, narrowing towards the apex, 9-12 by 0.4 cm, apex strongly oblique. Inflorescences lateral, 2-flowered, spathe 0.6 cm long. Sepals c. 5 cm long.
Flower white, outside at the base with faint purple dots.
Epiphyte in lowland and lower montane forest. Altitude 0-800 m.
Aru Islands, New Guinea (var. acuminatissimum known from Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines).
Papua (Jayapura and Merauke Regencies); Papua New Guinea (Madang Province).
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
January, November.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Grastidium
- Species Dendrobium acuminatissimum
- Variety Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm. differs according to Smith (1916) from typical Java forms of Dendrobium acuminatissimum only in the longer sepals, which are 3.4 cm long in the typical variety, 5 cm long in var. papuana.
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Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. flowers, different views, photo Dwi Suratman, from Indonesia, Papua Barat Prov., Sorong town, SE margin.
Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. plant habit with flowers, photo Dwi Suratman, from Indonesia, Papua Barat Prov., Sorong town, SE margin.
Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Treub s.n. (Aru Is.)
Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm., detail of probable isosyntype specimen: Sitanala 11203 (probably) (L)
Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm., probable isosyntype specimen: Sitanala 11203 (probably) (L)
Dendrobium acuminatissimum var. papuanum
Dendrobium acuminatissimum (Blume) Lindl. var. papuanum J.J.Sm., syntype specimen: Gjellerup 871 (BO)