Dendrobium bilobum Lindl. 1843 SECTION Monanthos
Another Angle Photos by © Wellsy
Common Name The Two Lobed Dendrobium [refers to the lip]
Flower Size .2" [.5 mm]
Found in New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia in rainforests at elevations of sea level to 1350 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with clustered, erect to pendant, slightly bilaterally flattened stems carrying many, distichous, suberect, thin, linear, obtuse, apically bilobed, bright green, twisted at the base to be all in one plane leaves that blooms at any time of the year on a short single flowered inflorescence carrying non-resupinate flowers.
I am not sure about this one, the owners had it as D aff malbrownii for years and came up with this determination with several others. I do not have a decent drawing. Use with caution
Synonyms Callista biloba (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Monanthos biloba (Lindl.) Brieger 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85; The Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing hmmm; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;
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