Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 114; Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1916) 326, t. 118, fig. 215.
Type: Gjellerup 1003 (holo BO, iso L).
Synonyms:
- Trachyrhizum appendiculoides (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 468.
Rhizome creeping, roots densely verrucose. Stems 0.7-0.8 cm apart, elongated, in cross-section transversely elliptic, angular, glabrous, 40-60 cm long, internodes 2-5.5 cm long, shorter in upper part. Leaf sheaths much shorter than the internodes, minutely transversely rugulose. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 5-9 by 1.4-2.8 cm, apex obtuse, unequally bilobulate. Inflorescences laterally from the upper nodes of the stem, patent, racemose; peduncle 2-3.5 cm long; rachis 2-6.3 cm long, 4-14-flowered. Floral bracts triangular, 0.2 cm long. Pedicel 1.15-1.5 cm long; ovary 0.2 cm long. Flowers c. 1.8 cm across. Dorsal sepal 0.83-0.9 cm long; mentum spur-like, 1.1-1.2 cm long, obtuse. Petals 0.76-0.8 cm by 4 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.45-1.55 by 1.5 cm, with a 0.3 cm long appendage at the base, for c. 0.45 cm adnate to the column-foot; midlobe 0.48 by 0.68-0.7 cm. Column 0.4 cm long; column-foot 1.1 cm long, inside, except at the base, pubescent.
(after Smith, 1916).
Sepals and petals pale green, outside with dark brown-purple spots and stripes; lip pale yellow with pale brown markings, lateral lobes with dark brown basal margins.
Epiphyte in hill forest and lower montane forest. Altitude 200 to 1100 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency); Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province).
Warm growing epiphyte.
February, May.
Dendrobium appendiculoides should on details be compared with Dendrobium cyrtolobum. D. appendiculoides has an obtuse, notched, retuse midlobe and 3 fused keels, which at the tip separate in 3 equally long lobes, while D. cyrtolobum has 3 separate keels of unequal length and an entire midlobe of the lip.
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Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., habit detail, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (5/73, PNG, Milne Bay Prov., Agaun, 1100 m)
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known. The dirt is volcanic ash from Gunung Agung, Bali, July 2018.
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., photo Jeffrey Champion, from Champion cult. s.n., Indonesia (New Guinea), provenance not known
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 1003
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 1003
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., isotype specimen: Gjellerup 1003 (L)
Dendrobium appendiculoides
Dendrobium appendiculoides J.J.Sm., detail of isotype specimen: Gjellerup 1003 (L)