| dc.description.abstract | Diplocaulobium lageniforme (J.J.Sm.)
Kraenzl., Pflanzenr. 340. 1910. Basionym:
Dendrobium lageniforme J.J. Sm., Icon.
Bogor. 1:86 t. 116 B. 1903. TYPE: [Western
New Guinea. Papua:] Hab. Niederl. Neu
Guinea, am Sungei Maroka [April 1901],
Jaheri s.n. (holotype: BO; isotypes: AMES21504/00090129; U-1460580).
Epiphytic, caespitose, erect plant, up
to 24 cm tall. Roots slender, flexuous, ca.
9 cm long, 1 mm in diameter. Pseudobulbs
obclavate, heteroblastic 5.5–14.0 cm
long, with the thickened, conical to ovoid,
green- to lime-colored, smooth, fleshy
base 1.0–2.5 × 0.5– 1.5 cm, tapering into
an erect, elongated, thin, terete stem,
the base of pseudobulbs covered with
1–2 brown, lanceolate, acute, papyraceous
cataphylls 2.0–4.0 × 0.7–1.4 cm, shedding
as the pseudobulb matures. Leaves 1,
articulate from the apex of the pseudobulb,
erect, coriaceous, elliptical to lanceolate or
oblanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, 3.5–7.5
× 1.0–2.3 cm. Inflorescence terminal,
one-flowered, arising from a compressed,
conical, papyraceous spathe 10–17 mm
long at apex of pseudobulb; peduncle
abbreviated. | |
