Dendrobium dekockii J.J.Sm. 1911 SECTION Calyptrochilus Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website

Plant and Flowers in situ New Guinea

Plant and Flowers in situ New Guinea

Plant and Flowers in situ New Guinea Photos © by Paul Noben

Common Name Dekock's Dendrobium [Dutch Medical Officer in New Guinea 1900's]

Flower Size .6 to 1.4" [1.4 to 3.5 cm]

Found in New Guinea in high mountains on mossy trees or in alpine shrubbery and along forest margins at elevations of 2300 to 3800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with clustered, erect to semi-pendulous, many shaped, often distinctly constricted towards the middle to fusiform to ovoid to globose, clavate or cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, rarely 1, erect t ospreading, leathery, rigid, dimpled to rugose, long-linear to short-lanceolate, subacute, subsessile, green, dark purple to red leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on 1 to sometimes 2, short, simultaneously 1 to 2, rarely 3 flowered inflorescence arising from the terminal node of the pseudodbulb and carrying long-lasting flowers.

D brevicaule is very similar but has a purplish black anther cap.

Synonyms Dendrobium cedricola P.Royen 1979; Dendrobium chrysornis Ridl. 1916; Dendrobium erythrocarpum J.J.Sm 1929; Dendrobium gaudens P.Royen 1979; Dendrobium kerewense P.Royen 1979; Dendrobium montigenum Ridl. 1916; Pedilonum chrysornis (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum dekockii (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum montigena (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D montigena drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D erythrocarpum drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D cedricola drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D gaudens drawing ok; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea P Van Royen 1979 as D kerewense drawing ok; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999 photo fide; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide;Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 10 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #3 2013 photo fide; A Compendioum of Minaiture Orchid Species Vol 1 Parsons and Gerritsen 2013 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of New Guinea Schuiteman 2013 photo fide;

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