Diplocaulobium begaudii Cavestro 2001 SECTION Diplocaulobium Photo by © Jacques Bégaud

Common Name Begaud's Diplocaulobium [original collector of species current]

Flower Size 3.5 to 4.4" [9.5-11 cm ] long 2.8 to 3.2" [7-8 cm] wide

Found in south central New Caledonia in rainforests at elevations around 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte.

Synonyms Dendrobium begaudii (Cavestro) Schuit. & Peter B.Adams 2011

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe Neo-Caledonienne D'Orchidophilie 1995 as Diplocaulobium sp photo fide;*L'Orchidophile N°145 : 8-13, September 2001; The Dendrobium H P Wood 2006;  Die Orchidee 56(1) : 55-57 ;  Muelleria 29: 65, 2011. 

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