Dendrobium sect. Spatulata explained

Dendrobium section Spatulata is a section of the genus Dendrobium.[1]

Description

Plants in this section have a erect cane like pseudobulbs with two leaves, blooming with a multi-flower inflorescence with twisted petals and a tri lobed lip.[2]

Distribution

Plants from this section are found in Java and the Philippines to Australia and the Pacific Islands with the greatest concentration in New Guinea. Most of the species can be found at lower elevation close to sea level.[2]

Species

Dendrobium section Spatulata comprises the following species:

Image Name Distribution Elevation (m)
Dendrobium angusticaule Papua New Guinea (Mussau Island)
Dendrobium antennatum Queensland Australia, Papua and New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and surrounding islands NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium archipelagense Bismark Archipelago NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium aries western New Guinea 0m (00feet)
Dendrobium bicaudatum Mollucas, Sulawesi and the Philippines NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium brillianum Malesia (Papua New Guinea)
Dendrobium burkeanum Indonesia
Dendrobium busuangense Philippines (Busuang Island)300m (1,000feet)
Dendrobium calophyllum Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas 0m (00feet)
Dendrobium canaliculatum Australia and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium capra Lesser Sunda Islands and eastern Java
Dendrobium carronii Australia and Papua and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium cochliodes Papua and New Guinea and Irian Jaya NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium conanthum New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Philippines and Vanuatu NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium crispilinguum Papua New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium dedeksantosoi Maluku Islands
Dendrobium devosianum western New Guinea
Dendrobium discolor Australia NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium enigmaticum Papua New Guinea
Dendrobium gouldii Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium hamiferum New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium helix New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium irinae New Guinea
Dendrobium jennyanum New Guinea
Dendrobium johannis Australia and Papua and New Guinea
Dendrobium lasianthera Papua and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium laxiflorum Moluccas
Dendrobium leporinum the Mouluccas and western New Guinea
Dendrobium lineale New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium macranthum New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis & Futna NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium magistratus Papua and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium militare Ternate of the Moluccas Islands 1500m (4,900feet)
Dendrobium mirbelianum Queensland Australia, Solomon Islands and Papua and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium mussauense The Bismark Archipelago to the north of New Guinea
Dendrobium odoardoi New Guinea.
Dendrobium nindii northeastern Australia and sporadically in New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium parnatanum Western New Guinea 200m (700feet)
Dendrobium percnanthum Moluccas
Dendrobium pseudoconanthum Sulawesi
Dendrobium racieanum western New Guinea 250m (820feet)
Dendrobium rennellii Solomon Islands NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium samoense Samoa NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium schulleri Papua (Noemfoor Island).
Dendrobium soriense Papua New Guinea
Dendrobium stockelbuschii eastern Indonesia
Dendrobium stratiotes western New Guinea, the Moluccas [Halmaheira and Morotai], the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi
Dendrobium strebloceras Malaysian archipelago
Dendrobium strepsiceros the Moluccas and New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium sutiknoi New Guinea
Dendrobium sylvanum Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bouganville and the Solomons NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium tangerinum New Guinea NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium taurinum Philippines NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium taurulinum Seram of the Moluccas
Dendrobium tokai Fiji and Tonga NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Dendrobium trilamellatum southern New Guinea and in northern Australia
Dendrobium violaceoflavens western New Guinea 0m (00feet)
Dendrobium wulaiense Papua and New Guinea

Natural hybrids

Image Name Parentage Distribution
Dendrobium × andersonianum Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium lineale New Guinea
Dendrobium × fleischeri Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium biggibum New Guinea

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tropicos . Tropicos . 2022-04-29.
  2. Cribb . P. J. . A Revision of Dendrobium sect. Spatulata (Orchidaceae) . Kew Bulletin . [Springer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] . 41 . 3 . 1986 . 0075-5974 . 4103119 . 615–692 . 2022-04-29.