Dendrobium macfarlanei F.Muell. 1876SECTION Aporum
Photos by © Art Vogel
Common Name or Meaning Macfarlane's Dendrobium [Australian Minister 1800's]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.3 cm]
Found in New Guinea in foothills at elevations of 150 to 200 meters as a large sized,hot growing epiphyte with basally swollen, 4 to 5 sided, becoming branching , slightly flattened, rigid and wiry, shiny becoming dark with age stems carrying many, linear-lanceolate, folded, distichous leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, 1 to 2 flowered, inflorescence with the short lived flowers held towards the apex of the stem.
Synonyms Aporopsis macfarlanei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Aporum macfarlanei (F.Muell.) Rauschert 1983; Callista macfarlanei (F.Muell.) Kuntze 1891; Ceraia macfarlanei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Bakers 1996;
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