Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 23 (1915) 8; Nova Guinea 12, 4 (1916) 289, t. 106, fig. 186.
Type: Pulle 129 (holo BO).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium franssenianum (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 128.
- Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm. var. latilobum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 290.
- Type: Pulle 145 (holo BO, iso L).
Pseudobulbs 0.8-1.2 cm apart, 1-leaved, base fusiform, 1.4-1.7 by 0.7 cm, upper part very slender, 3-6.5 by 0.1-0.15 cm, cm. Leaves broadly linear, 4.5-6.5 by 0.72-0.9 cm, apex bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered; spathe 1.4-1.9 cm long. Pedicel 5-5.5 cm long; ovary 0.4 cm long. Flower c. 6 cm across. Dorsal sepal 3.7 cm by 4 mm. Lateral sepals mentum 0.84 cm long, obtuse. Petals 3.6 cm by 2.4 mm. Lip weakly 3-lobed, 1.75 by 0.55 cm, with two pubescent keels, on the basal half of the midlobe with an elliptic-oblong callosity covered with clavate hairs; midlobe 0.85 by 0.5 cm. Column 0.3 cm long.
(after Smith, 1916).
Sepals and petals white with yellow tips tinged purple, lateral lobes of the lip white with dark purple transverse confluent bands, midlobe light yellow, whitish at apex, with a few dark purple dots.
Epiphytic in rain forest. Altitude 0 to 100 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Merauke Regency).
Warm growing epiphyte.
October.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium franssenianum
- Smith, J.J. 1929. Nova Guinea 14, 3: 403.
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm. is one of many relatives of Dendrobium phalangium Schltr.
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Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. (De Kock) 133
Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Pulle 129
Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Pulle 129
Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm. var. latilobum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Pulle 145
Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm. var. latilobum J.J.Sm., isotype specimen: Pulle 145 (L)
Dendrobium franssenianum
Dendrobium franssenianum J.J.Sm. var. latilobum J.J.Sm., detail of isotype specimen: Pulle 145 (L)