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Dendrobium eboracense

Dendrobium eboracense

Dendrobium eboracense Kraenzl., Ă–sterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 44 (1894) 419.

Type: Micholitz s.n. (Duke of York I.) (holo HBG).

Synonyms:

  • Aporum eboracense (Kraenzl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 439.
  • Dendrobium neopommeranicum Schltr., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89 (1913) (1914) 525.
    - Type: (holo W?).

Rhizome short. Stems crowded, swollen and quadrangular in the basal part, upwards slender, sharply flattened, leafless in upper part, to at least 80 cm long. Leaves bilaterally flattened, lanceolate, 8 by 0.5 cm, rigid, apex acuminate. Inflorescences clustered. Floral bracts minute. Pedicel and ovary rather long. Flowers c. 1 cm long. Dorsal sepal oblong, apex acute. Lateral sepals broadly triangular, apex acute; mentum large, saccate, open in front. Petals smaller than dorsal sepal, ovate-triangular, apex acute. Lip cuneate, with a low callus and 3 thickened lines on the disc, apex retuse. Column very short.
(after Kraenzlin).


Flower yellowish with pale purple lines, lip pale yellow, bright yellow on the disc.

Epiphyte in the lowlands.

Bismarck Archipelago (Duke of York Island).

Papua New Guinea (Duke of York Island).

Warm growing epiphyte, prefers light position.

October, November.

Dendrobium eboracense is one of several insufficiently known relatives of Dendrobium macfarlanei. See under that species for a discussion.


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Dendrobium eboracense

Dendrobium eboracense Kraenzl., flower, front view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG

Dendrobium eboracense

Dendrobium eboracense Kraenzl., flower, oblique front view, cult. and photo John Cara, from PNG

Dendrobium eboracense

Dendrobium eboracense Kraenzl., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 190, fig. 713