Cepobaculum johannis

Chocolate Tea Tree Orchid
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).
Synonyms
Dendrobium undulatum var. johannis (Rchb.f.) F.M.Bailey Dendrobium johannis" Rchb.f. Callista johannis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

''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

1. ^ Jones (2006), pp. 380, 382.
2. ^ M. A. Clem. et D. L. Jones, Orchadian 13(11): 486 (2002)
3. ^ Jones (2006), p. 382.
4. ^ Jones (2006), p. 382.

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.