Dendrobium tetralobum Schltr. 1906 SECTION Aporum

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter

Part shade Hot Warm Winter

Common Name or Meaning The 4 Lobed Dendrobium [refers to the lip apex]

Flower Size .24" [6 mm]

Found in Kalamantan Borneo without locational data as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with flattened, arching to pendent, leafy, the leafless portion towards the apex stems carrying many, ovate-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the winter on an axillary, 2 ranked, many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Aporum tetralobum (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Das Pflanzenreich Orchidaceae Monandre-Dendrobiinae Fr. Kraenzlin 1910; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo wood & Cribb 1994; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Baker 1996; Dendrobium of Borneo Wood 2014 drawing fide

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