Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 5 (1907) 4; Nova Guinea 8, 1 (1909) 56, t. 20, fig. 64.
Type: Jaheri s.n. (Irian Jaya, Merauke river) (holo BO; iso BO, probable, Bogor cult. s.n., 1905 2x, 1906, no coll.), L, probable, Bogor cult. s.n., 1906, no coll.).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium glabrum (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl., in Engl.
Rhizome elongated, creeping. Pseudobulbs to 1.5 cm apart, 1-leaved, oblongoid, elliptic in cross-section, 3.3 by 0.9 cm. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 5.5 by 1.7 cm, coriaceous, apex obtuse, bilobulate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 2 cm long. Pedicel 1.8 cm long; ovary 0.6 cm long. Flower c. 3.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal 2.2 cm by 4.3 mm. Lateral sepals 2.3 cm by 6 mm, mentum c. 0.45 cm long. Petals 2.1 cm by 1 mm. Lip weakly 3-lobed, 1.2 by 0.5 cm, with 3 keels, the lateral keels higher than the middle one, glabrous; midlobe 0.7 cm by 2.7 mm. Column 0.3 cm long; column-foot 0.45 cm long.
(after Smith, 1909).
Flower pale yellowish, lip with red margins to the lateral lobes, column pale greenish, below the stigma with red markings.
Epiphyte in savannah and coastal forest. Altitude 0 to 400 m.
New Guinea, Australia.
Papua (Merauke Regency); Papua New Guinea (Western, Morobe, and Central Provinces).
Warm growing epiphyte, prefers light position.
September-March, May.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Goniobulbon
- Species Dendrobium glabrum
- O'Byrne, P. 1994. Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea: 180, fig.
- Schlechter, R. 1912. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 459.
- Schlechter, R. 1923. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21: t. 154, fig. 578.
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm. is distinctive by the creeping rhizomes with well-spaced, erect pseudobulbs which are not angular but elliptic in cross-section.
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Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., flower, photo P. O'Byrne, based on O'Byrne s.n.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., plant habit, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20020153 (Singapore SBG-O 1786), locality not known
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., flower, oblique lateral view, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20020153 (Singapore SBG-O 1786), locality not known
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., flower, oblique front view, lateral sepal and petal removed, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20020153 (Singapore SBG-O 1786), locality not known
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., flower, oblique lateral view, lateral sepal and petal removed, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20020153 (Singapore SBG-O 1786), locality not known
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., column and lip, lateral view, lateral sepal and petal removed, photo E.F. de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20020153 (Singapore SBG-O 1786), locality not known
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara, inflorescences, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara, plant habit, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara,flower, front view, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara,flower, front view, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., photo John Cara,flower, oblique lateral view, cult John Cara, from Australia.
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 154, fig. 578
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. (Jaheri) 67n
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., drawing R. Risman, based on Bogor cult. (Jaheri) 67n
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., drawing R. Risman, based on Bogor cult. (Jaheri) 67n
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., probable isotype specimen: Bogor cult. s.n. (L)
Dendrobium glabrum
Dendrobium glabrum J.J.Sm., detail of probable isotype specimen: Bogor cult. s.n. (L)