Cepobaculum johannis
| Chocolate Tea Tree Orchid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Dendrobieae |
| Subtribe: | Dendrobiinae |
| Genus: | Cepobaculum |
| Species: | C. johannis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cepobaculum johannis (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. et D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13(11): 486 (2002). | |
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Cepobaculum johannis, or Chocolate Tea Tree Orchid, is a species of Tea Tree Orchid of the genus Cepobaculum, which was segregated in 2002 from the genus Dendrobium.[1][2]
Range
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland from Cape York to the McIlwraith Range, at 50-600 metres altitude.[3]
Description
Common locally, growing especially on paper-barked or rough-barked trees in open forest, swampy areas and monsoonal thickets. The flowers (20-45 x 20-40 mm) bloom from March to July, are chocolate brown, with bright yellow labellum and have an unpleasant scent. Sepals and petals strongly twisted, thick and shiny.[4]
Footnotes
References
- Jones, David L. (2006). A Complete Guide to the Native Orchids of Australia including the Island Territories. Reed New Holland, Sydney. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.
External links
- AUSTRALIAN ORCHIDACEAE: CURRENT GENERA AND SPECIES LIST (13/6/2008)
- Australian Orchid Genera: Current Species List.
Dendrobium johannis by Lewis Roberts.
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