聚石斛 Dendrobium lindleyi Stendel
Dendrobium lindleyi Stendel. （1840）；P. F. Hunt et Summerh. （1966）；Seidenf. （1985*，1992）；Averyanov（1994）；Z. H. Tsi，S. C. Chen et K. Mori（1997）；中国兰花全书（1998）*；中国植物志（1999）.
Dendrobium aggregatum Roxb. （1832）；Hook. （1839）；Hook. f（1890）pro parte；Rolfe（1903）；Kraenzl. in Engler（1910）pro parte；D. jenkinsii auct. non Lindl.：图鉴（1976）pro parte；海南植物志（1977）pro parte；Z. H. Tsi（1980）pro parte.
Epiphytic on trees in sunny open forests; below 1000 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, SW Guizhou, Hainan (Ce He) [Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam]. |
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Stems pseudobulbous, dense or tufted, fusiform or ovoid-cylindric, ± laterally compressed, 1-5 cm, 5-15 mm in diam., with 2-5 nodes, contracted at base, internodes 1-2 cm, with 4 ribs, pale yellowish brown and glossy when dry, with white membranous sheaths. |
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Leaf usually solitary, oblong, 3-8 × 0.6-3(or more) cm, leathery, base contracted, not decurrent into clasping sheaths, margin ± undulate, apex obtuse and emarginate. |
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Inflorescence subterminal, to 27 cm, much longer than leaves, laxly several to more than 10-flowered; floral bracts narrowly ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel and ovary yellowish green, tinged with pale purple, 6-30 mm. Flowers spreading, thinly papery, orange. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, ca. 20 × 7-8(or more) mm, slightly obtuse; lateral sepals nearly equal to dorsal sepal; mentum subglobose, ca. 5 mm. Petals broadly elliptic, ca. 2 × 1 cm, bluntly rounded; lip transversely oblong or subreniform, usually ca. 1.5 × 2 cm, each side embracing column below middle, entire, often emarginate; disk densely pubescent below middle. Column short and thick, ca. 4 mm; anther cap subglobose, glabrous, front margin irregular. Flowering : May - June. |
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