!Dyakia hendersoniana (Rchb. f.) Christenson 1986

Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Henderson's Dyakia [English Nurseryman 1800's]

Flower Size 1" [3cm]

This species was previously known as Ascocentrum hendersonianum. It is found in Borneo and is a hot growing, minature epiphyte at elevation saround 800 meters in riverine, seasonally swampy forest with a short stem carrying, ligulate to oblanceolate, unequally, obtusely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, to 6" [15 cm] long, densly many [to 40] flowered inflorescence with broadly ovate bracts with showy, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Ascocentrum hendersonianium [Rchb.f.] Schlechter 1914; *Saccolabium hendersonianum Rchb.f 1875

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988 as Ascocentrum hendersonianum; Orchids of Borneo Chan, Shim, Lamb & Wood 1994; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994;