Diplocaulobium dichrotropis (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957 SECTION Goniobulbon

Plant and flower Photos by Dr Ed de Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

Common Name The Forked Diplocaulobium [refers to the keel of the lip]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in New Guinea in montane forests at elevations around 800 meters as a mat-forming, miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with quadrate, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, unequally bilobed apically leaf that blooms through the spring and summer on short, single flowered inflorescence and carrying short-lived flowers. This one grows with even year round hot conditions with partial sun and I have it mounted on tree fern. I received plant in 1999 and it survived the flood of Hurrine Wilma, it now covers all sides of the tree fern mount and blooms 4 to 6 times a year [maybe more as it only lasts a day and is easy to miss]. .

Synonyms *Dendrobium dichrotropis Schltr. 1912;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlecter 1912/1985 as Dendrobium dichrotropis drawing close; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009

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