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