Dendrobium furfuriferum
Dendrobium furfuriferum J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 115; Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1916) 330, t. 118, fig. 218.
Type: Gjellerup 505 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Amblyanthe furfurifera (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 436.
Stems 30 cm by 7 mm, internodes 2.7-3.7 cm long. Leaf sheaths longer than the internodes, when dried with prominent veins. Leaves patent, lanceolate, 16-20 by 4-5.4 cm, papyraceous, apex acuminate, strongly unequally bidentate. Inflorescences laterally from the stems, racemose, very short, subsessile, densely c. 5-flowered. Floral bracts ovate, 2.6 by 1.4 cm, apex acuminate, densely furfuraceous. Ovary 1.2 cm long. Flowers 2.3 cm long, not widely opening, fleshy, sepals outside densely covered with dark brown scale-hairs. Dorsal sepal 1.65 cm by 8 mm; mentum conical, 1.75 cm long, obtuse. Petals 1.6 cm by 6.5 mm. Lip 3-lobed, when flattened 2.25 by 0.85 cm, at the base adnate to the column foot for 0.25 cm; midlobe 0.8 by 1.2 cm. Column 0.33 cm long; column-foot 0.75 cm long, 3-ribbed, with a membrane-covered cavity.
(after Smith, 1916).
Flower white, basal part of the lip light yellow, anther light violet-pink.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest. Altitude 1000 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency)
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
June.
Dendrobium furfuriferum belongs in the affinity of Dendrobium xanthomeson.
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Dendrobium furfuriferum
Dendrobium furfuriferum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 505
Dendrobium furfuriferum
Dendrobium furfuriferum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 505
Dendrobium furfuriferum
Dendrobium furfuriferum J.J.Sm., holotype specimen: Gjellerup 505 (BO)