Dendrobium bismarckiense Schltr. 1905 SECTION Amblyanthus Schlechter 1905 Type drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Bismark Mountains Dendrobium [A mountain range of New Guinea]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea on trees in forests at elevations around 1400 to 1800 meters as a cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring.

Schlechter states that the flowers are yellowish externally, white inside, the lip with a golden yellow spot.

Synonyms Amblyanthe bismarckiensis (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide;

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