Dendrobium asperatum Schltr. 1912 SECTION Grastidium [Bl] J J Sm 1905 Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Rough Dendrobium

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 700 meters as a large sized, warm growing epiphyte with a short rhizome giving rise to simple, subterete stems carrying many, erect-patent, glabrous, lanceolate-ligulate, obtuse and unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the fall on a short, 2 flowered inflorescence.

Schlechter states that the flowers are cream-colored with an orange keel on the lip and an orange red spot on the column foot.

Synonyms Grastidium asperatum (Schltr.) Brieger 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 Drawing fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 633 - 752 Brieger 1981 drawing fide;

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