Species Information - Dendrobium mekynosepalum

Dendrobium mekynosepalum Schltr., in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 154; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 159, fig. 597.

Type: Schlechter 14061 (holo B, lost).

Synonyms:

• Diplocaulobium mekynosepalum (Schltr.) Kraenzl., in Engl.

Rhizome short, roots elongated, filiform, flexuose, glabrous. Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, slender, gradually widened to the base, 12-20 by 0.8 (at the base) to 0.3-0.4 cm (near the apex). Leaves oblong, 8-10 by 2.5-3 cm, apex obtuse, unequally bilobulate, coriaceous. Inflorescences arising in succession from the apex of the pseudobulb, 1-flowered. Pedicel and ovary 4 cm long, slender, glabrous. Flower resupinated, c. 8 cm across. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, to the apex filiform-elongated, 4 cm long. Lateral sepals obliquely lanceolate, to the apex filiform-elongated, to the base abruptly widened, 4 cm long, mentum conical. Petals linear-lanceolate, to the apex filiform-elongated, 3 cm long. Lip 3-lobed in basal third, 1.7 cm long, cuneate at the base, with two parallel undulate-crenulate keels extending from the base of the lip to the top of the claw of the midlobe; lateral lobes short, obliquely oblong, obtuse; midlobe broadly ovate, 0.6 by 0.5 cm, with a narrowly rectangular claw, this 0.5 by 0.4 cm, apex obtuse, basal margins of the blade undulate. Column short, clinandrium 3-lobulate, the lobules tooth-like, with the median much broader than the laterals; column-foot well-developed. Anther rounded-cucullate, glabrous, in front emarginate.
(after Schlechter, 1905).

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