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Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 292.
Type: Lauterbach 484 (holo HBG).
Synonyms:
- Dockrillia chordiformis (Kraenzl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 446.
Rhizome elongated, branching, pendulous. Stems very short, 1-leaved. Leaves terete, to more than 30 cm long. Inflorescences racemose, patent, laxly few-flowered. Floral bracts minute. Pedicel long, ovary short. Flowers c. 2 cm across. Dorsal sepal linear, 1 cm long. Lateral sepals narrowly triangular, apex acuminate; mentum obtuse. Petals linear, 1 cm long. Lip oblong in basal part, 0.8 cm long, with an undulating median keel and two smaller keels on either side, these decurrent and extending to the apex, apical part cordate, triangular, folded near the apex. Column very short, clinandrium minutely serrulate, toothed at the back.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910).
Flower white.
Epiphyte in montane forest. Altitude 1600 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (Morobe and Southern Highlands Province).
Intermediate growing epiphyte. Easily cultivated on a slab of tree fern.
July.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Rhizobium
- Dendrobium chordiforme
- Schlechter, R. 1912. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 480.
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Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo Jan Meijvogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., habit, photo J.B. Comber, ex PNG, near Mt. Hagen)
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., in situ, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (3/83, Laiagam)
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (6/72, Mt. Suckling)
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flowers and fruit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., based on Edinburgh cult. X62-3236 (Woods 64)
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., plant habit, photo John Cara, based on Cara cult. s.n. from PNG
Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo John Cara, based on Cara cult. s.n. from PNG
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flowers, various views, photo John Cara, based on Cara cult. s.n. from PNG
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, front view, photo John Cara, based on Cara cult. s.n. from PNG
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, oblique front view, photo John Cara, based on Cara cult. s.n. from PNG
Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
Dendrobium chordiforme
Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, oblique lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 32149 from Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Prov.
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Dendrobium chordiforme Kraenzl., flower, photo A. Schuiteman, based on Leiden cult. 32149, from Papua New Guinea, , Southern Highlands Prov.