Dendrobium antennatum Lindley var. d'albertisii [Rchb.f]J.J.Sm. 1843 SECTION Spatulata Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Side View Of Flower Photo cortesy of Marius Wasbauer

Inflorescence Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photo Site

Common Name Antelope Orchid - The Antennaed Dendrobium The Green Antelope Orchid

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

Found in Queensland Australia, Papua and New Guinea and surrounding islands on high tree branches in coastal forest, mangrove swamps, savannah and rainforests at elevations below 800 meters, this small to large sized, hot growing species has erect, cylindrical, cane-like pseudobulbs swollen basally with coriaceous, narrowly oblong leaves, and a lax, to 10" [25 cm] long, 3 to 15 flowered inflorescence that may be stiff, horizontal or curved and arises from nodes near the end of a pseudobulb. They have longlasting, fragrant flowers that occur in the summer months. Even, year round humid conditions with bright light suit this plant fine.

Synonyms Callista antennata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Ceratobium antennatum (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Ceratobium dalbertisii (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 ; *Dendrobium d'albertissi Rchb.f 1878

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1892 drawing fide; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photos fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 11 1981 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 11 1986 photo; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 3 1991 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 3 1992 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Ceratobium dalbertisii

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