Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. (1886, II) 552; Lindenia, 2 (1886) 66,
Type: Linden cult. s.n. ('Polynesia') (photograph).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium inauditum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl., in Engl.
Pseudobulbs 1-leaved, thick fusiform at the base, there elliptic in cross-section, the upper part very slender, bilaterally flattened, c. 4 times as long, total 15-22 cm long, near the base 2.5 cm wide and 1 cm thick. Leaves elliptic, 10 by 4 cm, rather thick, apex obtuse to subacute. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Pedicel and ovary elongated. Flower c. 8 cm across. Sepals lanceolate, 4-4.5 cm by 3-4 mm, apex caudate. Petals almost equal to the sepals. Lip 3-lobed, 1.5 cm long, with 2 parallel keels between the lateral lobes; lateral lobes subquadrate, 6-7 mm long; midlobe ligulate (appears narrowly ovate in the illustration - A.S. & E. de V.), margins undulate, apex abruptly acuminate.
(after Kraenzlin, 1910 - measurements calculated by Kraenzlin, based on Reichenbach's plate in Lindenia).
Sepals and petals sulphur yellow, lip pale yellowish with brownish veines and dots, the keels brownish.
Not known.
Malesia (New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea (West & East New Britain, ?New Ireland).
Not known.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium inauditum
Kraenzlin added his own Dendrobium pleurothalloides Kraenzl. to the synonymy of Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., which is certainly not justified. It is unclear if his records, which are all from New Ireland, include properly identified specimens of D. inauditum, or only D. pleurothalloides. The origin of D. inauditum was originally given as Polynesia, in Lindenia as Papuasian Islands.
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Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20081836 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20081853 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081836 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081836 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081574 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f., centre of flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel Leiden cult. 20081836 (de Vogel & Raka), from Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Prov.
Dendrobium inauditum
Dendrobium inauditum Rchb.f, from Lindenia 2 (1886) t. 66