Dendrobium xichouense S.J.Cheng & Z.Z.Tang

Species

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Characteristics

Stems clustered, cylindric, equally thick above and below, upper part ± upcurved, 10-13 cm, ca. 4 mm in diam., unbranched, with many nodes, internodes 1-2 cm, enclosed in leaf sheaths that turn grayish white when mature. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, to 4 × ca. 1 cm, leathery, base with clasping sheath, apex obtuse and unequally bilobed. Inflorescence arising laterally on previous year’s leafless stem, ca. 2 cm, 1-or 2-flowered; floral bracts small. Pedicel and ovary yellowish green, ca. 6 mm. Flowers fragrant, not spreading; sepals and petals white, slightly tinged with pink, mentum pale yellowish green, lip white, disk yellow. Dorsal sepal suboblong, ca. 12 × 4 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals similar in size; mentum narrowly tubular, ca. 10 mm. Petals obovate-rhombic, slightly shorter than dorsal sepal, ca. 4 mm wide; lip subovate, ca. 16 mm, ca. 9 mm wide at most, base clawed, apex obtuse, lateral margins upcurved below middle, margin fimbriate; disk densely curled pale yellow villous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Dendrobium xichouense world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904015-1
WFO ID wfo-0000941057
COL ID 34NXR
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Synonyms

Dendrobium xichouense