Dendrobium crassinervium
Dendrobium crassinervium J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 114; Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 302, t. 110, fig. 197.
Type: Gjellerup 843 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Monanthos crassinervius (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 455.
Stems strongly laterally compressed, 5 mm wide, internodes 1.3-1.7 cm long. Leaf sheaths 0.7-0.8 cm wide, transversely minutely rugulose. Leaves linear-oblong, 4.5 by 1.45-1.65 cm, rigidly coriaceous, base oblique, apex broadly obtuse-truncate, retuse. Inflorescences lateral, 1-flowered, very short. Pedicel and ovary 0.5 cm long. Flower c. 1.5 cm long. Dorsal sepal 1.1 cm by 6.3 mm; mentum 0.66 cm long, obtuse, retuse. Petals 1.1 cm by 5 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 0.85 by 0.45 cm, when flattened 0.5 cm wide, auriculate-bilobulate at the base, midlobe pubescent-papillose, 0.37 by 0.46 cm. Column 0.3 cm long; column-foot 0.63.
(after Smith, 1916).
Not recorded.
Epiphyte in hill forest. Altitude 500 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency).
Warm growing epiphyte.
November.
Dendrobium crassinervium appears to be related to Dendrobium agrostophylloides, but has shorter and relatively broader leaves.
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Dendrobium crassinervium J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 843