Species Information - Dendrobium brinkmanii

Dendrobium brinkmanii Ormerod, Malesian Orchid J. 16 (2015) 54, fig.

Type: P. van Royen & H. Sleumer 7377 (holo AMES).

Synonyms:

Epiphytic herb. Rhizome short. Roots terete, 0.05-0.1 cm thick. Stems slender, slightly thicker higher up, simple, leafy, 10-32 cm by 0.1-0.3 cm; internodes 0.7-1.5 cm long. Leaves lanceolate, 3.5-6.7 by 0.9-1.3 cm; apex acute; papyraceous; leaf sheaths tubular, truncate, striate. Inflorescences axillary, on leafless stems, 5-6-flowered, to 0.6 cm long. Floral bracts ovate­ lanceolate, c. 0.45 cm long; apex acute. Pedicel and ovary narrowly clavate, c. 0.19 cm long. Median sepal obovate-elliptic, 0.88 by 0.49 cm; apex obtuse; 4-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate-triangular, c.1 by 1.25 cm, joined at the front for c. 0.8 cm; apex obtuse; 7-nerved; mentum conical, obtuse, 1.05 cm long. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, 0.8 by 0.38 cm ; apex obtuse; 3-nerved. Lip clawed, not lobed, c. 1.05 cm by 0.5 cm (c. 1 cm wide when spread), joined to the column-foot for 0.5 cm forming a tubular nectary; apical half deeply concave-cucullate; upper side margins curved, truncate (in lateral view); apical margins shortly erose; terminus parallel to stigma. Column short, stout, c. 0.25 cm long, lateral margins with a low deltate wing.
(after Ormerod 2015)

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