Dendrobium dilatatocolle
Dendrobium dilatatocolle J.J.Sm., Icon. Bogor. 2 (1903) 85, t. 116 A.
Type: Bogor cult. (no collector) s.n. (Moluccas) (holo BO; iso L, probable type).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium dilatatocolle (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl., in Engl.
Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, at the base oblong-ovoid, 5 by 1.5 cm, upper part slender, 13 cm by 3 mm, at the apex abruptly widened, 6.5 mm wide. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 17 by 4 cm, coriaceous, apex bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 2.1 cm long, acute; peduncle 1.8 cm long. Pedicel 4.6 cm long; ovary 0.5 cm long. Flower c. 8 cm across. Dorsal sepal narrowly linear, dilated at the base, 6.5 cm by 5 mm. Lateral sepals 6.5 cm by 7 mm. Petals almost filiform, dilated at the base, 6 cm by 2 mm. Lip 3-lobed, 1.2 by 0.55 cm, with two rather short keels between the lateral lobes; midlobe 0.7 by 0.55 cm, with verrucose basal margins and a longitudinal median swelling. Column 0.3 cm long.
(after Smith, 1903).
Sepals and petals rather light red-brown, pale yellow at the base, lateral lobes of the lip yellow, whitish at the base, with confluent dark brown spots, midlobe yellow, in basal 2/3 dotted red-brown, the dilated margins yellowish white, keels dark brown.
Epiphyte in rainforest and hill forest on limestone. Altitude 200 to 500 m.
Moluccas, New Guinea.
Papua (Sorong Regency); Papua New Guinea (Sandaun Province).
Warm growing epiphyte.
July.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Dendrobieae
- Subtribe Dendrobiinae
- Genus Dendrobium
- Section Diplocaulobium
- Subsection Mekynosepalum
- Species Dendrobium dilatatocolle
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Dendrobium dilatatocolle
Dendrobium dilatatocolle J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, based on Bogor cult. s.n.
Dendrobium dilatatocolle
Dendrobium dilatatocolle J.J.Sm., holotype specimen: Bogor cult. s.n. (BO)