Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 159
Type: Schlechter 13985 (holo B, lost; iso BM, K).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium chrysotropis (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 128.
Rhizome elongated, to 15 cm long, creeping or patent, roots elongated, filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs closely spaced, 1-leaved, cylindrical, 4- to 5-angled, 1.5-2.5 by 0.4-0.6 cm, slightly narrowed to the apex. Leaves ligulate to oblong-ligulate, 3-5 by 0.4-0.8 cm, base narrowed to the base, apex emarginate, apiculate. Inflorescences arising in succession from the apex of the pseudobulb, 1-flowered, spathe laterally compressed, soon withering away. Pedicel and ovary 2.5 cm long, ovary clavate, 4-winged above, 2-ribbed below. Flower resupinated, c. 3 cm across. Dorsal sepal ligulate-lanceolate, narrowed above the middle, 1.7 cm long, apex obtuse; glabrous. Lateral sepals obliquely ligulate-lanceolate, much widened to the base, 1.7 cm long, apex obtuse; mentum conical, obtuse, c. 5.5 mm long. Petals obliquely narrowly linear, somewhat narrowed above the middle, c. 1.5 cm long, apex obtuse. Lip narrowly oblong-ligulate, slightly widened above the middle, with two keels that converge in the middle, above the middle with a third keel in between, all keels wavy in upper half of the lip. Column short, glabrous, clinandrium 3-lobulate, the median lobule 3-dentate; column-foot c. 5.5 mm long. Anther subreniform-cucullate, in front truncate, glabrous.
(after Schlechter, 1905).
Flowers white with yellow tips; keels of the lip yellow, the lip sometimes with red markings in basal half.
Epiphyte in montane forest. Altitude 1000-1300 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (Madang Province)
Intermediate growing epiphyte, prefers light position.
January, May.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Goniobulbon
- Species Dendrobium chrysotropis
- Schlechter, R. 1912. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 460.
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Dendrobium chrysotropis
overview of Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr.
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., habit, photo J. Meijvogel, based on Leiden cult. 32042
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., habit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin.
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., in situ, near Tari, PNG, photo A. Schuiteman
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., flowers, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (11/79, PNG, Koruni)
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., habit, photo B. Pottinger, based on Edinburgh cult. 681686 (Woods 2040)
Dendrobium chrysotropis
Dendrobium chrysotropis Schltr., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 154, fig. 579