Dendrobium nigricans Schltr. 1912 SECTION Herpethophytum Schlechter 1912 Type Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Cool Fall

Common Name The Becoming Black Dendrobium [refers to the flower in a dryed state]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with a very short rhizome giving rise to erect, branching, densely leafy stems carrying erect-patent, glabrous, coriaceous, linear to linear-ligulate, unequally and obtusely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary, short, single flowered inflorescence carrying a non-resupinate flower.

Schlechter states that the flowers are yellowish white and the lip has a yellow claw with 2 red spots in front.

Synonyms Herpetophytum nigricans (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 Drawing fide;

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