Current Genus: Genus Dendrobium section Calyptrochilus
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Dendrobium navicula
Dendrobium navicula Kraenzl., in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1910) 129.
Type: Micholitz s.n. (Milne Bay) (syn HBG); ? Chalmers or Copeland King s.n. (syn B, lost).
Synonyms:
- Pedilonum navicula (Kraenzl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 461.
- Chromatotriccum navicula (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 494
Stems slender, weakly flexuose, 20-30 cm long. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 by 1.5-2 cm. Inflorescences short, racemose, to 8-flowered. Floral bracts broadly ovate, 3-4 mm long, apex acute. Flowers c. 3.5 cm long. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 1.2 cm long, apex obtusely acute. Lateral sepals obtusely triangular, mentum twice as long as the free part, slightly curved, half-closed in front, obtuse. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 1.2 cm long, apex obtusely acute. Lip boat-shaped to elongate-saccate, apical margin denticulate, with a subulate apicule. Column very short, broad, stelidia large, lobulate, filament short.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910).
Flower rose-red.
Not known.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province).
February.
Judging from the very sketchy description this may be referable to Dendrobium lawesii.
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Dendrobium navicula
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