Dendrobium bulbophylloides Schltr. 1912 SECTION Microphytanthe TYPE for the Section
Photo by © John Varigos and His Orchid webpage
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, Plant grown by Dan Newman of Hanging Gardens
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Common Name Bulbophyllum-like Dendrobium
Flower Size .38 to .56" [9 to 1.4 cm]
Found in northern Papua and New Guinea in mossy montane forests on tall trees as a mat forming, miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte at elevations of 1000 to 2700 meters with .4" [1 cm] between each, oblong to cylindrical, brown to reddish brown or green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, ovate to oblong, thick, fleshy and nearly erect leaf blooming in the summer on a terminal, .2" [.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that arises on newer pseudobulbs from beneath the leaf petiole and carry a single, fleshy, large for the plant, long-lasting flower .
Synonyms Cadetia mayrii (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Dendrobium mayrii J.J.Sm. 1934; Microphytanthe bulbophylloides (Schltr.) Brieger 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85; Neue Orchideen Papuasiens J J Smith 1934; Die Orchideen lieferung 11/12 633 - 752 Brieger 1981 as Microphytanthe bulbophylloidfes drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996 as D mayrii; Dendrobium and their Relatives Lavarack, Harris and Stocker 2000 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006 photo fide; A Guide to the Dendrobium of New Guinea Andre Schuiteman 2013 photo fide; A Compendioum of Minaiture Orchid Species Vol 1 Parsons and Gerritsen 2013 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroidee Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #11 2016 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 20 2017 photo good lip apex?;
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