Diplocaulobium aratriferum (J.J. Sm.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh. 1961 SECTION Diplocaulobium Photo courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Another View Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Plow-Carrying Diplocaulobium [refers to the lip]

Flower Size 3 3/4" [9cm]

Found in New Guinea as asmall sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a basally swollen pseudobulb carrying a lanceolate leaf that blooms through a bract at the apex of the pseudobulb

Synonyms *Dendrobium aratriferum J.J. Sm.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol II Shuiteman and de Vogel 2002; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006