Curup Kami : Dilochia cantleyi (Hook.f.) Ridl., 1896

Stem 1-1.5 m long by about 7 mm in diameter, many placed together on the rhizome, bearing leaves along their length placed 2-5 cm apart.

Leaves in two rows, lanceolate, acute, the upper ones much smaller than the lower ones, the latter about 15x5 cm.

Inflorescences terminal, rarely branched, to 15 cm long, bearing about 10 flowers placed 2-5 cm apart; floral bracts long-oval, acute very concave, 2-3 cm long.

• Flowers not opening very widely. mostly pale pink with darker pink on the lip; 
• Sepals and petals similar, lanceolate, acute, 2.5 cm long by 6 mm broad;
• Lip trilobed, with three ridges which extend almost the whole length, the side lobes obtuse, short but very broad, extending three-quarters of the total length, the mid-lobe ovated, its margin erose, the apex recurved;
• column slender, yellow with some violet spotting.

Name Overview: Dilochia cantleyi (Hook.f.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 332 (1896).

Distribution:W. Malesia 42 BOR MLY SUM

Lifeform:Hemicr. or epiphyte

Family:Orchidaceae

Original Compiler:R.Govaerts

Synonyms: Dilochia cantleyi (Hook.f.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 332 (1896).

Homotypic Names:Arundina cantleyi Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 858 (1890).Basionym/Replaced Synonym

This name is Accepted by:

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Sulistiarini, D. (2012). The orchid genus Dilochia in Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 379-387.

Notes :

This specimen collected from Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia

" Inflorescences are usually not brached, but a few specimens from Borneo and Maluku have one or two branches. this species can be found as a low growing epiphyte, or sometimes as a terrestrial on ridges, or in poor soil area" ( Orchids Of Sumatra, J.B Comber )

*Orchids Of Sumatra, J.B Comber

*https://wcsp.science.kew.org/

November 28, 2020