Dendrobium fuligineum
Dendrobium fuligineum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 439, pl. 70, 86.
Type: Lam 1266 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
Stems (fragment described) elongated, strongly ribbed, (more than) 13 cm long, internodes to 1.4 cm long. Leaf sheaths as long as the internodes, minutely furfuraceous-punctate. Leaves lanceolate, 7 by 1.6 cm, papyraceous, on both sides minutely furfuraceous-punctate, base clasping the stem, apex acuminate, deeply strongly obliquely bidentate, the teeth irregularly suberose. Inflorescences laterally from the stems, racemose, sessile, very short; rachis 0.8 cm long, densely 5-flowered. Floral bracts suborbicular, 0.5 by 0.6 cm, apical margin incurved, on both sides densely furfuraceous. Pedicel 0.3 cm long, sparsely furfuraceous; ovary 0.8 cm long, densely furfuraceous, especially in the grooves. Flowers c. 1.9 cm long, sepals fleshy, outside furfuraceous. Dorsal sepal 1 cm by 6.5 mm; mentum c. 0.7 cm long, obtuse, retuse. Petals 1 cm by 6 mm. Lip when flattened 1.7 by 0.94 cm, at c. 2/5 above the base with a 0.35 cm long, bilobed, subulate-lacinulate scale pointing backwards. Column 0.45 cm long; column-foot 0.8 cm long.
(after Smith, 1929).
Flower white, petals dotted orange inside.
Epiphyte in swamp forest. Altitude 200 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency)
Warm growing epiphyte.
September.
Dendrobium fuligineum is related to Dendrobium squamiferum, but differs e.g. in that the lip is not hairy.
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Dendrobium fuligineum
Dendrobium fuligineum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Lam 1266