Dendrobium rotundatum (Lindl.) Hook.f.

in Fl. Brit. Ind. 5:712.1890

Synonymes

Epigeneium rotundatum (Lindl.) Summerh. in Kew. Bull. 12: 264 (1957).

Bulbophyllum rotundatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 244 (1861).

Callista rotundata (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 655 (1891).

Katherinea rotundata (Lindl.) A.D.Hawkes in Lloydia, 19. 97 (1956).

Sarcopodium rotundatum Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. Sarc. 2 (Dendrobii Sp.) (1853). (basionyme)

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Tibet.

Chine : Guangxi, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal.

Floraison : ___AM_______. Altitude de 1300 à 2400 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte, lithophyte. Feuilles de 2 à 3, de 65-100 × 25-35 mm, elliptiques, oblongues. Bractées lancéolées. Fleur unique. Sépale dorsal ovale, de 22-32 × 6-12 mm. Sépales latéraux ovales, de 22-30 × 6-16 mm. Pétales elliptiques, lancéolés, de 15-30 × 7-8 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 15-20 × 10-16 mm.

Bibliographie

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