Dendrobium schneiderae
species of plant
Dendrobium schneiderae, commonly known as Eungella moon orchid or small moon orchid, is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has crowded pseudobulbs with two leaves on the tip of each and arching flowering stems with up to thirty five waxy, yellowish, cup-shaped flowers. It grows in open forest and rainforest.
Description
Dendrobium schneiderae is an epiphytic herb which forms small, dense clumps. It has crowded cone-shaped to egg-shaped pseudobulbs 15–40 mm (0.6–2 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) wide. Each pseudobulb has two narrow oblong, dark green leaves 40–100 mm (2–4 in) long, 8–13 mm (0.3–0.5 in) wide on top. The flowering racemes are 80–250 mm (3–10 in) long and bear between five and thirty five yellow to greenish yellow, waxy, cup-shaped flowers that are 6–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) wide. The dorsal sepal is 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide. The lateral sepals are 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide and the petals are about 3 mm (0.1 in) long and 2 mm (0.08 in) wide. The labellum is curved and yellow, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide and has three lobes.
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