Species Information - Dendrobium angiense

Dendrobium angiense J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 116; Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1916) 346, t. 126, fig. 230.

Type: Gjellerup 1110 (syn BO); 1112 (syn L).

Synonyms:

• Pedilonum angiense (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 457.
• Dendrobium angiense J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 116. -
  - Type: Gjellerup 1110 (syn BO?); 1112 (syn BO; iso L)
• Chromatotriccum angiense (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 493 ('argiense')

Stems crowded, elongated, branching, terete, 68 cm by 3.8 mm when dried, internodes to 4.3 cm long. Leaf sheaths densely verruculose. Leaves patent, not twisted at the base, narrowly lanceolate, 1.25-2.5 by 0.46-0.67 cm, coriaceous, margins near apex minutely denticulate, apex obtuse, apiculate. Inflorescences lateral from both defoliated and leafy stems, racemose, very short, 4-6-flowered. Floral bracts oblong-ovate, 0.8 by 0.34 cm, apex acuminate to narrowly obtuse, outside verruculose. Pedicel and ovary 1.85 cm long, clavate. Flowers 1.9 cm long. Dorsal sepal 0.7 cm by 4.4 mm; mentum conical, 1.1 cm long, obtuse. Petals 0.63-0.67 cm by 3.4-3.5 mm. Lip clawed, spathulate, in natural position 1.43 by 0.4 cm, claw for 0.8 cm adnate to the column-foot; apex cucullate, plicate, apical margin densely subulate-lacinulate, laterally serrulate. Column 0.27 cm long; column-foot 1 cm long, at the apex with a membrane-covered cavity.
(after Smith, 1916).

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