Flickingeria nodosa (Dalzell) Seidenf. 1980 SECTION Plicatiles
LCDP Photo by © Jeewan Singh Jalal
Unopened flower at pseudobulb apex
Photo by © Biodiversity, Ecology and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Gundia River Basin Website
Common Name The Noded Flickingeria
Flower Size
Found in southern India in semi evergreen forests and blooms in the summer
Similar to and often confused as a synonym of F macraei but this one differs in the leaves that are never wider than .8" [2 cm], and the bilobulate apex of the lip lacks arista in the sinus
Synonyms Dendrobium padangense Schltr. 1911; Dendrobium piestobulbon Schltr. 1911; Desmotrichum compressibulbum Carr 1932; *Desmotrichum forcipatum Kraenzl. 1910; Desmotrichum padangense (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957; Ephemerantha forcipata (Kraenzl.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961; Ephemerantha piestobolbon (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961; Flickingeria padangensis (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1965; Flickingeria piestobulbon (Schltr.) Brieger 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Flickingeria Bind 34 NR 1 Seidenfaden 1980 drawing fide; Orchids of Nilgiris Joseph 1987 drawing fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 AS dENDROBIUM NODOSUM
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