Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 402, pl. 59, 55.
Type: Bogor cult. (Feuilletau de Bruyn, Ajoeb) 10 (syn L); 80 (syn BO).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium tortitepalum (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 130.
Rhizome short. Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, at base fusiform to ovoid-fusiform, 2.25-2.5 by 0.6-0.8 cm, upper part very slender, 4.5-13.5 cm by 1.7-2.5 mm, near the apex 2.4-3.5 cm long. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 6.3-9.5 by 1.6-2.1 cm, coriaceous, apex equally bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 1.6-2 cm by 2.8-3.7 mm, acute; peduncle 0.6-1 cm long. Pedicel 3-3.5 cm long; ovary 0.4-0.5 cm long. Flower c. 5-7 cm across. Dorsal sepal 3.3-4.3 cm by 5 mm; mentum 0.68-0.7 cm long, obtuse-truncate. Petals 3.2-3.8 cm by 2.3 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.4-1.6 by 0.5-0.63 cm, with two papillose keels, on the base of the midlobe on either side of the keels with a short crest, between the two keels on the midlobe with a longitudinal, verruculose-rugulose keel-like swelling; midlobe 0.73-0.75 by 0.4-0.43 cm, apex acute, subobtuse, or sometimes bidentate. Column 0.3 cm long.
(after Smith, 1929).
Sepals and petals white, tips pale yellow, lip white, at base pale green, lateral lobes with dark purple stripes that are confluent on the margins, midlobe in the centre yellow, all over irregularly dotted and spotted dark purple, as also between the keels on the disc.
Presumably epiphyte in lowland rainforest.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura regency
Warm growing epiphyte.
Not known.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Mekynosepalum
- Species Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm. is similar to Dendrobium vanilliodorum J.J.Sm., which has much narrower leaves.
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Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., habit, drawing Darmosoediro, based on Ajoeb 80
Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. 80
Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. (Ajoeb) 10
Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., isosyntype specimen: Bogor cult. (Feuilletau de Bruyn, leg. Ajoeb) 10 (L)
Dendrobium tortitepalum
Dendrobium tortitepalum J.J.Sm., detail of isosyntype specimen: Bogor cult. (Feuilletau de Bruyn, leg. Ajoeb) 10 (L)