Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus

Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. macropus
Subspecies: D. m. subsp. macropus
Trinomial name
Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus
(Endl.) Rchb.f. ex Lindl.[1]

Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus, commonly known as the Norfolk Island orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family. It is the nominate subspecies of Dendrobium macropus, which occurs in eastern Australia as well as in Fiji and New Caledonia.[1][2]

Description

It is an epiphytic orchid. The flowers are peloric; the blunt, linear-elliptic sepals and petals are 1 cm long; the labellum is undifferentiated. The whole population is presumed to be cleistogamous.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The subspecies is endemic to Australia's external territory of Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. It is fairly common in forested parts of the island.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 " Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  2. " Dendrobium macropus ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-13.


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