SECTION Platycaulon Schlechter 1905

TYPE: = Dendrobium lamellatum [Bl.] Lindley 1830

Synonyms Section Platycaula Kraenzl 1910; Pedilonum Section Platycaulon [Schltr] Brieger 1981;

Characterized by the verrucose roots, ovoid, flatteneds but leafy pseudobulbs a geotropic inflorescence carrying whitish flowers with eloborate keels on the lip.

1. Dendrobium compressum Lindl. 1842 Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines

2. Dendrobium discocaulon Schltr. 1912 Philippines

3. Dendrobium lamellatum [Bl.] Lindley 1830 TYPE for the Section; Java

4. Dendrobium lamprocaulon Schltr. 1906 Bismarck Archipelago

5. Dendrobium milaniae Fessel & Luckel 1996 Leyte Philippines

6. Dendrobium platycaulon Rolfe 1892 Borneo and the Philippines

7. Dendrobium platygastrium Rchb. f. 1878 New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Island and Vanuatu

8. Dendrobium pseudolamellatum J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb 2010 Sabah Borneo

9. Dendrobium treubii J.J.Sm. 1905 Moluccas on Ambon Island

10. Dendrobium ypsilon Seidenf. 1985 Thailand