Nick
It sounds like what Neville Howcroft has recently described as D
archipelagense.It has been around in collections for sometime . It is
found in New Ireland and New Britain by Neville and Stocker . There is
a photo of it also in Peter Obyrnes book on the lowland orchids of PNG.
Steven Kami
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:09:04 -0500
From: "Nicholas Plummer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Dendrobium antennatum 'Green form' or D. strepsiceros?
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I recently purchased an odd Dendrobium seedling, a selfing of a plant
labeled Dendrobium antennatum 'Green Form.' The mother plant apparently
came from Lonne's Orchid Nursery in Cairns. My plant is currently
blooming, and the flowers are a pale green wherever a normal D.
antennatum would be
white: labellum, sepals, and pedicel. The petals are not twisted.
Overall, the flowers look rather like the picture of D. strepsiceros in
_Dendrobium and its Relatives_ by Lavarack, Harris, and Stocker, but my
plant seems to be more green.
Can anyone comment on Dendrobium antennatum 'Green Form'? Is it a color
form of D. antennatum, D. strepsiceros, or something else entirely? If
it is a form of D. antennatum, what is its origin? Is there an easy way
to distinguish D. antennatum from D. strepsiceros?
Thanks.
Nick
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