Dendrobium recurvifolium
Dendrobium recurvifolium J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 404, pl. 60, 56.
Type: Bogor cult. s.n. (locality lost). In L: Bogor cult. (Gjellerup 491, Alkmaar), (Gjellerup ? a. 91.?) (det. 1918, L 2x). These are probably holo / isotypes.
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium recurvifolium (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 129.
Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, at base narrowly fusiform, 1.1-1.7 by 0.35-0.5 cm, upper part very slender, 4.5-7.5 cm by 1.2-2 mm, near the apex 2.3-2.8 mm wide. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 6.5-8.5 by 1.4-1.6 cm, coriaceous, apex equally triangular-bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe linear, 1.5-1.7 cm by 2.3 mm; peduncle 0.95-1.1 cm long. Pedicel 2.7-3.2 cm long; ovary 0.35-0.38 cm long. Flower c. 5 cm across. Dorsal sepal 3.3-4.3 cm by 5 mm; mentum 0.66 cm long, truncate. Petals 3.1-3.9 cm by 2.3 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.15-1.3 by 0.6 cm, with two papillose keels that become contiguous towards the apex, then diverge again, on basal half of the midlobe with a hairy elliptic callus; midlobe 0.54-0.68 by 0.45-0.58 cm. Column 0.35-0.37 cm long.
(after Smith, 1929).
Sepals and petals white with golden yellow tips, faintly suffused with brown, lip white, the lateral lobes with broad dark purple margins and short transverse stripes, midlobe yellow in the centre, the callus yellowish white.
Not known.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (origin not known).
Warm growing epiphyte?.
Not known.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium recurvifolium
Dendrobium recurvifolium J.J.Sm. is similar to Dendrobium aratriferum J.J.Sm.
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Dendrobium recurvifolium
Dendrobium recurvifolium J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. (Gjellerup ?) 491
Dendrobium recurvifolium
Dendrobium recurvifolium J.J.Sm., probable isotype specimen: Bogor cult. (Gjellerup ?491) (L)
Dendrobium recurvifolium
Dendrobium recurvifolium J.J.Sm., detail of probable isotype specimen: Bogor cult. (Gjellerup ?491) (L)