Dendrobium lobbii
Dendrobium lobbii Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 5 (1853) 491.
Type: Bogor cult. (Lobb) s.n. (Singapore) (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Dendrobium teysmannii Miq., Fl. Ned. Indië 3 (1859) 640 (nom. superfl.).
- Callista lobbii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 655.
- Conostalix lobbii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 444.
- Callista teysmannii (Miq.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 655.
- Dendrobium calcaratum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. (1840) Misc. 89 (non A. Rich.).
- Type: Loddiges cult. (Cuming 158) s.n. (Singapore). - Dendrobium conostalix Rchb.f., in Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6 (1861) 292 (nom. nov.).
- Callista conostalix (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 654 ('conostalyx').
- calcaratum (Lindl.) Brieger, in Schltr., Orchideen, ed. 3, I/A (1981) 659.
- Dendrobium paludicola Schltr., in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 173; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 210, fig. 794.
- Type: Schlechter 13915 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, BO, NSW, P). - Conostalix paludicola (Schltr.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 444.
- Dendrobium lacustre Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21 (1925) 159.
- Type: Sarasin 850 (holo B, lost). - Conostalix lacustris (Schltr.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 444.
Rhizome creeping, roots elongated, filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Stems erect, slightly laterally compressed, unbranched, rather rigid, 40-70 cm by 2-3 mm, many-leaved, becoming bare as the leaf sheaths wither away, shiny. Leaf sheaths 0.2-0.3 cm, sparsely covered with blackish brown hairs. Leaves erect to suberect, linear-ligulate, 1.5-3.5 by 0.2-0.3 cm, apex deeply incised, unequally and subacutely bilobulate, coriaceous. Inflorescences arising laterally from the stem, pendulous, sessile, 1- or 2-flowered. Pedicel and ovary 0.7 cm long, clavate, glabrous. Flowers not resupinated, c. 1 cm across. Dorsal sepal ovate, 0.6 cm long, apex acute. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, much widened at the base, 0.6 cm long, apex acute; mentum spur-like, conical, 0.5 cm long. Petals obliquely linear-subspathulate, 0.6 cm long, apex obliquely shortly acuminate. Lip 3-lobed, 1.2 cm long, long cuneate-clawed at the base; lateral lobes small, lanceolate, acute; midlobe much larger, subquadrangular-cuneate, with two indistinct thickened median lines, apex truncate-obtuse. Column short, clinandrium dorsally with a sharp tooth; column-foot 0.5 cm long. Anther obcuneate-cucullate, in front obtuse, glabrous.
(after Schlechter, 1905 - as Dendrobium paludicola).
Sepals and petals olive-brown, lip white.
Terrestrial in open peaty places. Altitude 200 to 1900 m.
Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands.
Papua (Manokwari, Jayapura, and Jaya Wijaya Regencies); Papua New Guinea (Sandaun, Morobe, and Eastern Highlands Provinces).
Warm to intermediate growing terrestrial, requires light but not too sunny position, and frequent waterings throughout the year.
January, March, May-July, September, November.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Conostalix
- Species Dendrobium lobbii
- Howcroft, N. 1969. Orchadian 3: 59.
- Howcroft, N. 1973. Orchadian 4: 78, fig.
- Lewis, B. & P.J. Cribb. 1991. Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville: 161.
- Schlechter, R. 1912. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 626.
- Smith, J.J. 1934. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Suppl. 2: t. 89, fig. III.
- Walters, I.D. 1968. Orchadian 2: 130, fig.
Dendrobium lobbii Teijsm. & Binn. is an inconspicuous terrestrial orchid with very slender, branching, erect stems (the branches also being erect); the leaf-sheaths are covered with blackish brown hairs. The small pendulous flowers are brownish with a white lip.
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Dendrobium lobbii
Dendrobium paludicola Schltr., = Dendrobium lobbii Teijsm. & Binn., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1928) t. 210, fig. 794