Dendrobium dicuphum

Dendrobium dicuphum F.Muell.

Callista dicupha; Dendrobium affine; Vappodes dicupha

Native dendrobium

Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragm. 8:28 (1873)

From the Synnot Range and Walcott Inlet, north to the Mitchell Plateau and Bonaparte Archipelago in the north Kimberley, growing in rainforests and near river forests on a variety of tree hosts, the most common being Pouteria sericea and Melaleuca species. The species is also found in the Northern Territory.

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An attractive species 100–200 mm high with spindle-shaped pseudobulbs 50–350 mm long by 8–12 mm across topped by three to ten, linear-lanceolate, slightly thickened leaves 60–200 mm long by 10–25 mm wide. Inflorescences 150–400 mm in length are produced from the axils of upper leaves and comprise up to 10 pure white to white, purple-suffused flowers 20–50 mm across.

It has been considered a form of White Butterfly Orchid (Dendrobium affine) but has shorter inflorescences with less numerous flowers and flowers with narrower lateral petals.

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