Dendrobium incurvociliatum J.J.Sm. 1931 SECTION Crumenata
Photos courtesy of © André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen © and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
Common Name The Inturned Hairs Dendrobium [referstothe midlobe of the lip]
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Borneo in lowwer and upper montane primary forests on ridges at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with terete, swelling to flattened, orbicular, then terete, brown pseudobulbs carrying at alternate intervals all along the stem, rigidly papery, short, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the spring with clusters of several flowers arising on the upper leafless parts of the stem.
"Closest to D Lancilobum But easily distinguished by the triangular, concave lip mid-lobe with a narrowly fleshy, inflexed, ciliate margin and a glabrous claw." J J Wood 2014
Synonyms Aporum incurvociliatum (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983; Ceraia incurvociliata (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Guide to the Dendrobium of Borneo J J Wood 2013 photo fide; Dendrobium of Borneo Wood 2014 photo/drawing fide
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