SECTION Herpethophytum Schlechter 1912

TYPE: = Dendrobium herpetophytum Schltr. 1905

Synonyms Herpetophytum [Schltr] Brieger 1981;

Characterized by the similarity to Section Monanthos but with a creeping habit, stems sometimes branched, a different flower structure, gregarious blooming and endemic to New Guinea.

1. Dendrobium appendicula Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

2. Dendrobium decumbens Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

3. Dendrobium millarae A.D.Hawkes 1957 New Guinea

4. Dendrobium disoides Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

5. Dendrobium glossorhynchoides Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

6. ! Dendrobium herpetophytum Schltr. 1905 TYPE for the Section; New Guinea

7. Dendrobium hippocrepiferum Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

8. Dendrobium nigricans Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

9. Dendrobium oxychilum Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

10. Dendrobium scopula Schltr. 1912 New Guinea

    Dendrobium sp 4

    Dendrobium sp 5

11. Dendrobium vonroemeri J.J.Sm. 1910