Dendrobium ajoebii
Dendrobium ajoebii J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12 (1913) 33; Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 294, t. 108, fig. 191.
Type: Gjellerup 896 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium ajoebii (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10 (1961) 108.
Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs 0-0.8 cm apart, 1-leaved, base ovoid-fusiform to obovoid, 1.2-1.6 by 0.75-1.1 cm, upper part very slender, 3.2-6.3 cm long. Leaves lanceolate, 5.5-6 by 1.4-'1.1'(2.1?) cm, coriaceous, apex equally 2-dentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 2 cm long. Pedicel 3.5-3.8 cm long; ovary 0.5 cm long. Flower c. 5.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal 3.2 cm by 5.3 mm; mentum 0.55 cm long, obtuse. Petals 3.2 cm by 3.6 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.48 by 0.5 cm, with 2 papillose keels, on the basal half of the midlobe with a cushion-like, papillose callus; midlobe clawed, the claw 0.25 cm long, the blade 0.58 by 0.45 cm. Column 0.3 cm long.
(after Smith, 1916).
Flower white to pale violet-pink, tips yellow.
Epiphyte in hill and montane forest. Altitude 400 to 1600 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency); Papua New Guinea (Eastern Highlands and Central Provinces).
Warm growing epiphyte.
April, August-November.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium ajoebii
- O'Byrne, P. 1994. Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea: 210, fig., pl.
Dendrobium ajoebii J.J.Sm., characterised by the very small midlobe of the lip, belongs to an alliance of very similar species, containing Dendrobium phalangillum J.J.Sm., Dendrobium lageniforme J.J.Sm., Dendrobium aratriferum J.J.Sm., and many other species.
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Dendrobium ajoebii
Dendrobium ajoebii J.J.Sm., flower, photo W. Harris
Dendrobium ajoebii
Dendrobium ajoebii J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 896
Dendrobium ajoebii
Dendrobium ajoebii J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Gjellerup 896