Dendrobium roseiodorum A. Sathapattayanon, T. Yukawa & T. Seelanan

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Scientific name

Dendrobium roseiodorum
A. Sathapattayanon, T. Yukawa & T. Seelanan

Clade/Class

Mesangiosperms

Group

Spermatophytes

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Dendrobium

Clade/Subclass

Monocots

Order

Asparagales

Sub Family

_

Tribe

_

Plant erect. Pseudobulbs clustered, narrowly fusiform, leafy throughout. Leaves distichous; blade patent, slightly recurved, coriaceous, lanceolate, apex unequally bilobed, entire, dark green, sheaths brownish green, abaxial hairs blackish and rubbing off with age. Inflorescences abbreviated raceme, terminal or axillary on apical part of pseudobulbs, 1–5 flowered. Flowers glossy, sweetly scented; Sepals white, ovate-lanceolate, abruptly acute. Petals white, slightly twisted and recurved at apex, elliptical-rhombic, obtuse, undulate; lip golden yellow, apical part white, veins on side lobes and disc orange, 3-lobed. Column golden yellow to orange; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs, bright yellow. Pedicellate ovary white, clavate, curved, slightly sulcate, glabrous.

Habitat

Recorded on boulders or tree branches; 1000–1200 m altitude

Locality

Vietnam (Khanh Hoa Province and Lâm Dong Province)

Date of collection

15/09/2008

Type specimen

Hort. Tsukuba Botanical Garden accession number 118269 (holo TNS; iso BCU),