Dendrobium striatiflorum
Dendrobium striatiflorum J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 114; Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1916) 329, t. 118, fig. 217.
Type: Gjellerup 662 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Grastidium suaveolens (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Lasianthera 1 (1997) 112.
Stems elongated, flexuose, terete, 35 cm by 3.8 mm, internodes to 2.2 cm long, shorter in upper part. Leaf sheaths as long as the internodes, densely covered with appressed blackish hairs. Leaves patent to widely patent, lanceolate to linear, 2-3.5 by 0.5-0.9 cm, coriaceous, especially near the margins with sparse appressed dark brown hairs, apex strongly unequally bidentate. Inflorescences laterally from the stems; peduncle 0.25 cm long; rachis 0.6 cm long, flexuose, usually 2-flowered. Pedicel 1 cm long; ovary 0.6 cm long. Flowers nodding, c. 1.8 cm long. Dorsal sepal 0.88 cm by 4.8 mm; mentum oblong-conical, 0.6 cm long, obtuse. Petals 0.98 cm by 2.5 mm. Lip 3-lobed, when flattened 1.8 by 0.8 cm, at the base adnate to the column foot for 0.5 cm; midlobe 0.6 by 0.8 cm. Column 0.4 cm long; column-foot 1.15 cm long.
(after Smith, 1916).
Flower light yellow with longitudinal brown stripes.
Epiphyte in rainforest. Altitude 300 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency).
Warm growing epiphyte.
September.
Dendrobium striatiflorum J.J.Sm. is rather similar to and should be compared with Dendrobium cadetiiflorum J.J.Sm. and Dendrobium melanotrichum Schltr.
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Dendrobium striatiflorum
Dendrobium striatiflorum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 662
Dendrobium striatiflorum
Dendrobium striatiflorum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 662
Dendrobium striatiflorum
Dendrobium striatiflorum J.J.Sm., holotype specimen: Gjellerup 662 (BO)