Английская Википедия:Dendrobium falcorostrum

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Dendrobium falcorostrum, commonly known as the beech orchid,[1] is a species of epiphytic orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has spindle-shaped pseudobulbs, each with between two and five leathery leaves and up to twenty crowded white flowers with purple markings on the labellum.

Description

Dendrobium falcorostrum is an epiphytic herb that has crowded, yellowish green, spindle-shaped pseudobulbs Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Each pseudobulb has between two and five narrow elliptic to lance-shaped, dark green, leathery leaves Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The flowering stem is Шаблон:Convert long with between four and twenty crowded white flowers Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The dorsal sepal is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and the petals are a similar length but narrower. The labellum is white with purple markings, about Шаблон:Convert long and wide with three lobes. The side lobes curve upwards and the middle lobe has a Y-shaped ridge with a pointed end along its midline. Flowering occurs between August and October.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Dendrobium falcorostrum was first formally described in 1876 by Robert D. FitzGerald and the description was published in The Sydney Morning Herald.[2][4][5]

Distribution and habitat

The beech orchid grows in highland rainforest, mainly on antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei) between the Lamington National Park in Queensland and the Hunter River in New South Wales.[1][2]

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