Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14 (1929) 407, pl. 61, fig. 59.
Type: Lam 448 (holo L, iso AMES, K, U).
Synonyms:
- Diplocaulobium carinulatidiscum (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Lloydia 20 (1957) 128.
Pseudobulbs crowded, 1-leaved, at the base fusiform, 2.5-5.25 by 0.8 cm, upper part long and slender, 5.8-15 cm by 2 mm. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 6-8.5 by 1.4-'1.1' (2.1?) cm, coriaceous, apex equally obtusely triangular-bidentate. Inflorescences 1-flowered, spathe 1.5-2.2 cm long, acute; peduncle 0.9-1.3 cm long. Pedicel 4.5-5.7 cm long; ovary 0.45 cm long. Flower c. 7 cm across. Dorsal sepal 4 cm by 5.3 mm. Lateral sepals 3.9-4.1 cm by 10 mm, mentum 0.83 cm long, truncate. Petals 3.9 cm by 2.3 mm. Lip weakly 3-lobed, 1.85 by 0.6 cm, with two thick papillose keels; midlobe 1.1 by 0.54 cm, hairy at the base, outside near the apex with a short keel terminating in an acute point. Column 0.25 cm long; column-foot 0.8 cm long.
(after Smith, 1929).
Sepals and petals white with yellowish green tips, lip with a yellow centre an purple-veined margins, column yellow, ovary yellowish white.
Epiphyte in rainforest. Altitude 70 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua (Jayapura Regency)
Warm growing epiphyte.
June.
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm. is a distinctive ally of Dendrobium janowskyi J.J.Sm..
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Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
overview of Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm.
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
Diplocaulobium carinulatidiscum (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes (as Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm.), drawing J.J. Smith, based on Lam 448
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm., lip, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Lam 448
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum J.J.Sm., holotype specimen: Lam 448 (L)
Dendrobium carinulatidiscum
Diplocaulobium carinulatidiscum (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, detail of holotype specimen: Lam 448 (L)