Dendrobium habbemense P.Royen 1979 SECTION Calyptrochilus Photo by Wolfgang Bandisch © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

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

Common Name or Meaning The Habbema Dendrobium [A Lake In New Guinea

Flower Size 1 to 1.6" [2.5 to 4 cm]

Found in New Guinea in montane forests on trees or in alpine shrubs and grasslands at elevations of 2100 to 3500 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with slender, pendulous, noded stems with new ones arising from near the apex of the older and carrying 5 to 8, linear, light yellowish green leaves that blooms in the winter on a .4 to 1.2" [1 to 3 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Dendrobium spathulatilabratum P.Royen 1979

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 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 spathulatilabratum drawing ok; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999 photo good; Dendrobium and its Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide;Orchid Digest Vol 77 #3 2013 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of New Guinea Shuiteman 2013 photo fide;

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