Diplocaulobium stelliferum (J.J.Smith) A.D.Hawkes 1957 SECTION Goniobulbon Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol II

Another Flower? Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Hanging Gardens Copyrighted ©

Common Name The Star-Like Diplocaulobium

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea as a warm growing, miniature sized epiphyte with an ovoid, 6 sided, becoming ridged pseudobulb and carrying a single apical leaf that blooms in the spring and summer

Synonyms *Dendrobium stelliferum J.J.Sm. 1929;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lowland Orchids of of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Byrne 1994 drawing/photo fide; 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

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------