Dendrobium schouteniense
Dendrobium schouteniense J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 406, pl. 61, 58.
Type: Feuilletau de Bruyn 461 (Schouten Isl.) (holo L).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium schouteniense (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 130.
Pseudobulbs 1-leaved, at the base fusiform, 1.8-2.4 by 1-1.3 cm, upper part long and slender, 1.5-8 cm by 2.5-2.7 mm. Leaves erect, narrowly lanceolate, 5.4-9.8 by 0.9-1.5 cm, coriaceous, apex almost equally bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 2.2-2.4 cm long, acute; peduncle 1.5-1.7 cm long. Pedicel 7.2-7.5 cm long; ovary 0.5 cm long. Flower c. 7 cm across. Dorsal sepal 3.8-4.5 cm by 4.3 mm. Lateral sepals 4.1-4.5 cm by 8.5 mm, mentum 0.6-0.63 cm long, obtuse, retuse. Petals 3.4-4 cm by 2 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 2-2.1 by 0.55 cm, with two papillose keels; midlobe 1.25 cm long, the apical part dilated, 0.4 cm wide. Column 0.3 cm long; column-foot 0.7 cm long, papillose.
(after Smith, 1929).
Not known.
Not known, in the lowlands near the coast.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Biak-Numfor Regency).
Warm growing epiphyte.
Not known.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Diplocaulobium
- Species Dendrobium schouteniense
Dendrobium schouteniense J.J.Sm. should be compared with Dendrobium pililobum J.J.Sm..
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Dendrobium schouteniense
Dendrobium schouteniense J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Feuilletau de Bruyn s.n. (1916)
Dendrobium schouteniense
Dendrobium schouteniense J.J.Sm. , holotype specimen: Feuilletau de Bruyn 461 (L)
Dendrobium schouteniense
Dendrobium schouteniense J.J.Sm., detail of holotype specimen: Feuilletau de Bruyn 461 (L)