Diplocaulobium aratriferum (J.J. Sm.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh. 1961 SECTION Diplocaulobium
Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Photo by Dr Ed de Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Common Name or Meaning The Plow-Carrying Diplocaulobium [refers to the lip]
Flower Size 3 3/4" [9cm]
Found in New Guinea as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a basally swollen pseudobulb carrying a lanceolate leaf that blooms through a bract at the apex of the pseudobulb
Synonyms *Dendrobium aratriferum J.J. Sm.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 Dendrobium aratriferum; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as Dendrobium aratriferum; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #1 2012 as Dendrobium aratriferum photo fide;
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