Diplocaulobium nitidicolle (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961 SECTION Diplocaulobium

Plant in situ Photo by Peter O'Byrne © and the The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Shining Neck Diplocaulobium [refers to the Bright glossy yellow pseduobulbous stems]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.3 cm]

Found in Sulawesi and the Moluccas in lowland primary forests on trees overhanging rivers at elevations of sea level to 400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with crowded, erect, yellow, yellow green to olive green with basally swollen, soon deciduous, fusiform to narrowly ovoid-conical, with a gradually tapering necked pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, linear, oblong to ellitpic, obtuse and notched apically, green leaf that blooms at most any time of the year on 1 to 2, a short, single flowered inflorescence arising through a brown, elliptic, acute spathe and carrying very short lived flowers.

Synonyms *Dendrobium nitidicolle J.J.Sm. 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 drawing/photo good

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