Dockrillia nugentii [F.M. Bailey]D. Jones & M. Clements 1996 Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

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Common Name Nugent's Dockrillia

Flower Size 3/4" [1.5 cm]

Found in Queensland and New South Wales Australia as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters of the highlands and less so the lowlands on trees in dry creek beds where it blooms on a terminal, erect, 2 1/4" to 6" [6 to 15 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with fragrant flowers occuring in the winter. This species is closely related to Dockrillia linguiforme and some authors list it as a variety.

Synonyms *Dendrobium linguiforme var. nugentii F.M. Bailey 1902; Dendrobium nugentii [F.M.Bailey] D. Jones & M. Clements 1989

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 photo as Dendrobium linguiforme var nugentii; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 1 1994 photo; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 1 1999 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006

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