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Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 44 (1894) 163.
Type: Baeuerlen 483 (holo B, lost).
Synonyms:
- Pedilonum baeuerlenii (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 457.
Rhizome short. Stems crowded, slender, straight, c. 50 cm long. Leaf sheaths c. 2.5 cm long. Leaves patent, almost at right angles to the stem, narrowly linear, 10-12 by 0.5-0.7 cm, acuminate. Inflorescences subterminal, racemose, short, few-flowered. Floral bracts ovate, much shorter than the pedicel with ovary, apex acute, membranous. Flowers 2.5-3 cm long. Dorsal sepal broadly oblong to suborbicular, c. 0.7 cm long. Lateral sepals rounded; mentum rounded, about two-thirds the length of the pedicel with ovary. Petals broadly oblong to suborbicular, c. 0.7 cm long, margins minutely erose. Lip cuneate-spathulate, obscurely 3-lobed near the apex, margin slightly incurved, minutely denticulate. Column short, thick.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910).
Flower pale pink.
Epiphyte in lowland rainforest.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Nabire, Jayapura, and Merauke Regencies); Papua New Guinea (Western Province)
June, October.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Calyptrochilus
- Species Dendrobium baeuerlenii
- Kraenzlin, F. 1910. Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae I. In A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.50.II.B.21: 128.
- Smith, J.J. 1913. Nova Guinea 12, 1: 58, t. 16, fig. 46.
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., a relative of Dendrobium lawesii, is recognised by the long narrow leaves.
A more detailed description is provided by J. J. Smith (1913).
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Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., flower, front view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., inflorescence, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., inflorescence, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., flower, oblique front view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., flower, lateral view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., flower, lateral view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Branderhorst 220B
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 426
Dendrobium baeuerlenii
Dendrobium baeuerlenii F.Muell. & Kraenzl., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Branderhorst 220B