Dendrobium ferdinandi
Dendrobium ferdinandi Kraenzl., in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 209.
Type: Melbourne cult. (Bailey) s.n. (N. Guinea, probably SE part) (holo B, lost).
Synonyms:
- Aporum ferdinandi (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem., Telopea 10, 1 (2003) 295
Stems branching, sharply laterally flattened, zigzag, narrowing to the base, internodes c. 2 cm long. Leaves scalpelliform, falcate, 3-3.5 by 0.4-0.5 cm, acuminate. Inflorescences racemose, very short. Floral bracts in head-like clusters. Flowers c. 1 cm long. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, apex acute. Lateral sepals triangular, slightly falcate, apex acute; mentum open in front, a little shorter than the free part of the lateral sepals. Petals a little shorter than the dorsal sepal, ovate-oblong, apex acute. Lip spathulate, 1 by 0.3 cm, base linear, widening towards the apex, rounded on either side, then contracted, widened again in apical part, on the disc with 3 slightly raised lines, apical part with crenulate margins, weakly emarginate, almost bilobulate. Clinandrium with smooth margins, filament rather long.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910).
Flower reddish, lip purple.
Not known.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (probably from the Southeastern part).
Not known.
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Dendrobium ferdinandi
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