Dendrobium reflexibarbatulum J.J.Sm.1927 SECTION Aporum
Photos by © Dian Rachmawaty and the Orchids of Borneo Website
Photos by © Petrus Kurniawan and the Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Photos by © Art Vogel
Common Name The Reflexed Barbulatum Dendrobium
Flower Size .2" [5mm]
Found in Borneo in lowland forests at elevations around 60 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with branching, leafy stems with triangular internodes and carrying many, triangular, laterally flattened, rigid leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, several flowered inflorescence.
CAUTION Most likely this species is a synonym of D prostratum but I have left them separate pending more research. The major difference that I can see is that the fluffy patch on the midlobe of this species is smaller and tree-like and D prostratum has a larger, hairy, shorter patch.
Synonyms Aporum reflexibarbatulum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Dendrobium of Borneo Wood 2014 as syn of D prostratum photo fide
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