Dendrobium bilobum
Dendrobium bilobum Lindl., London J. Bot. 2 (1843) 236.
Type: Hinds s.n. (New Guinea).
Synonyms:
- Callista biloba (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 654.
- Monanthus bilobus (Lindl.) Brieger, in Schltr., Orchideen, ed. 3, I/A (1981) 660 ('biloba').
Rhizome short. Stems crowded. Leaves 4 by 0.25 cm, apex obtusely bilobulate, with the lobules equal. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Flower 5-6 mm long. Median sepal obtuse. Mentum longer than the free part of the lateral sepals. Petals about half as long as the median sepal; apex obtuse, apiculate. Lip elongated, spathulate-obovate, weakly 3-lobed and thickened at the apex, carnose, slightly verrucose. Column short, thick.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910).
Not known.
Not known.
New Guinea, Solomon Island, Vanuatu, Fiji.
Not known.
Warm growing epiphyte.
Not known.
- Kraenzlin, F. 1910. Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae I. In A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.50.II.B.21: 163.
- Lewis, B. & P.J. Cribb. 1991. Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville: 181, fig. 42 a-h.
There can be no doubt that some of the later described species of section Biloba will prove to be synonyms of Dendrobium bilobum. The description by Lindley is insufficient to determine the identity of the species. According to Lewis & Cribb (1991) this is a widespread species from New Guinea to Fiji. They give a much better description as well as an illustration, but we are not fully convinced that this indeed represents D. bilobum.
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