Diplocaulobium fililobum (F.Muell.) Kraenzl. 1910 Photo by © Whistler & Cribb 1996

Part Shade Hot Cool

Common Name The Thin Lobe Diplocaulobium

Flower Size

Found in Fiji and Samoa in montane and cloud forests at elevations of 400 to 1550 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with an elongated pseudobulb carrying an erect, linear, subacute to acute, dull green leaf that on a short, single flowered inflorescence with linear-conduplicate, acute floral bracts and carrying a creamy white flower with purple on the side lobes of the lip.

Synonyms *Dendrobium fililobum F.Muell. 1882

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996 photo fide;

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