Английская Википедия:Dendrobium glabrum

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Dendrobium glabrum, commonly known as the creeping star orchid,[1] is a species of epiphytic orchid native to New Guinea and Australia. It has shiny pseudobulbs with a single leathery leaf and white, star-shaped flowers with yellow tips. It forms large clumps on trees in humid forests.

Description

Dendrobium glabrum is an epiphytic herb that has shiny, yellowish green pseudobulbs Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. There is a single leathery leaf Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a papery bract at its base. Short-lived, star-shaped white flowers with yellowish tips Шаблон:Convert long and wide are produced in leaf axils on a thin stalk about Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide, the petals slightly longer but only half as wide. The labellum is about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with wavy edges near its base and two ridges along its midline. Flowering occurs sporadically and the flowers only last a few hours.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Dendrobium glabrum was first formally described in 1907 by Johannes Jacobus Smith and the description was published in Bulletin du Département de l'Agriculture aux Indes Néerlandaises.[4][5] The specific epithet (glabrum) is a Latin word meaning "smooth".[6]

Distribution and habitat

The creeping star orchid grows on trees in humid forest in New Guinea and on the Cape York Peninsula as far south as Cairns. [1][2]

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