Dendrobium ventrilabium J.J.Sm. 1922 SECTION Calcarifera TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Belly Like Lip Dendrobium

Flower Size 1.44" [3.6 cm]

Found in western Sumatra within Agam Regency without elevational data or the plant data being recorded but most likely a warm to cool growing epiphyte with a very short, thin, peduncle .26" [6.5 mm] long, rachis .26" [6.5 mm] long, zigzag, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying light yellowish green with purple venation flowers

Synonyms Eurycaulis ventrilabius (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Dendrobium Baker 1996; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001;

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