Diplocaulobium tentaculatum (Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1910

SECTION Diplocaulobium Photo by © A Mueller and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Another Flower? Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista

Common Name The Tentacled Diplocaulobium

Found in New Guinea at elevations of 800 to 1000 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and fall on a erect, single flowered inflorescence and carrying flowers that start out white and turn pinkish red with age.

CAUTION I am not postitive of this determination so please use with caution. The first photo satisfies the parameters of Schlechter's drawing better.

Synonyms *Dendrobium tentaculatum Schltr. 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as Dendrobium tentaculatum drawing good ; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002 ;

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