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Dendrobium parvifolium
Dendrobium parvifolium J.J.Sm., in L.S.Gibbs, Phytogeogr. Fl. Arfak Mountains. (1917) 121.
Type: Gibbs 5547 (holo BM).
Synonyms:
- Pedilonum parvifolium (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 462.
- Chromatotriccum parvifolium (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 495
Stems slender, branching, internodes 0.6-'0.3' (1.3?) cm long. Leaves oblong-ovate, 1.1 by 0.4 cm, rigid, margins minutely erose, especially towards the apex, apex acute. Inflorescences lateral, 1-flowered, peduncle-scales tubular, verruculose. Floral bract cucullate, 0.3 cm long, apex apiculate. Pedicel and ovary 2.1 cm long, subclavate. Flower 1.8 cm long. Dorsal sepal ovate, 0.75 cm by 4 mm, apex narrowly obtuse. Lateral sepals falcate-triangular; mentum conical, 1.25 cm long, obtuse. Petals lanceolate, 0.7 cm by 2.3 mm, margins minutely erose in apical half, apex obtuse. Lip spathulate, 1.4 by when flattened 0.84 cm, without a callus, apex cucullate, serrate-fimbriate. Column 0.28 cm long.
(after Smith, 1917).
Flower red.
Epiphyte in montane forest. Altitude 2100-2400 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Manokwari Regency
Cool growing epiphyte.
December.
Dendrobium parvifolium, as the name indicates, has very small leaves, like the closely related Dendrobium lamii and Dendrobium dillonianum. It is a member of the Calyptrochilus group.
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Dendrobium parvifolium
Dendrobium parvifolium J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gibbs 5547
Dendrobium parvifolium
Dendrobium parvifolium J.J.Sm., drawing R. Soekanda, based on Gibbs 5547