Dendrobium lamelluliferum J.J.Sm. 1927 SECTION Crumenata

Flower and plant apex

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Photos by © J.B. Comber/John Varigos and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shadeCool Cold Spring and Fall

Common Name The Small Lamina Dendrobium [refers to the small lamellate callus on the lip]

Flower Size .24" [.6 cm]

Found in Borneo in lower montane, mossy forests at elevations of 1200 to 2300 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with slender, flattened, swollen above the base to form a small elliptic pseudobulb then slender again above, yellow green to brown ribbed stems carrying 9 to 12, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring and fall on a short to .8" [to 2 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes towards the apex of the stem and carrying successively or not opening flowers

J J Wood puts together this group of related species, D lamelluliferum, D alabense, D kurashigei, D lumakuense, D pseudokurashigei and D puberulingue which may all be different or a widely variable species. More research needs to be done to address this confusing group. denpseudokurashigei.htm

Synonyms Ceraia lamellulifera (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Plants of Mt Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 2001; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 10 2012; Dendrobium of Borneo Wood 2014 photo/drawing fide

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