- Dockrillia wassellii
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Dockrillia wassellii 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta (unranked): Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Podochilaeae Subtribe: Dendrobiinae Genus: Dockrillia
(S.T.Blake) Brieger (as 'öwasseltiiò'), 1981, (Clements & Jones 1996a) [Dendrobium wassellii S.T.Blake]Species: D. wassellii Dockrillia wassellii or the Furrowed Pencil Orchid (previously, Dendrobium wassellii), is found only in the Iron Range and McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula, Australia, at 100-400 metres altitude. "Locally common, grows on upper branches of emergent trees, particularly Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii), in monsoonal rainforest, along stream banks and on humid slopes."[1]
The genus Dockarillia "was recently reinstated as distinct from Dendrobium based on an absence of pseudobulbs, single fleshy leaf terminal on a short stem, multiflowered inflorescence arising from near the base of a leaf and flowers with a 3-lobed labellum."[2][3]
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Description
It flowers from May to June. "Leaves erect, moderately short, thick, grooved, racemes erect, multiflowered, flowers crowded, crystalline white with yellow labellum."[4]
Footnotes
- ^ Jones (2006), p. 394.
- ^ Jones (2006), p. 388.
- ^ Kew Bibliographic Databases
- ^ Jones (2006), pp. 393-394.
References
- S.T.Blake, (1963) Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 73: 66.
- David L. Jones, (2006) A complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia, including the island territories. New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. 2086 Australia. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.</ref>
External links
Dendrobium wassellii by Lewis Roberts (naturalist).
Categories:- Dockrillia
- Orchid species
- Orchidaceae of Australia
- Flora of Queensland
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