Dendrobium moorei
{{Short description|Species of orchid}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Drooping cane orchid
| image = Dendrobium moorei (Moore's dendrobium) (5372336736).jpg
| image_caption = Dendrobium moorei at 820 metres above sea level in the cloud forest at Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island
| taxon = Dendrobium moorei
| authority = F.Muell.{{WCSP | 58445 | Dendrobium macropus}}
| synonyms =
- Callista moorei (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Tropilis moorei (F.Muell.) Butzin
- Thelychiton moorei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
}}
Dendrobium moorei, commonly known as the drooping cane orchid,{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=David L.|title=A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories|date=2006|publisher=New Holland|location=Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.|isbn=1877069124|page =406 }} is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs, leathery, dark green leaves and between two and fifteen small, white drooping flowers that do not open widely.
Description
Dendrobium moorei is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with cylindrical green or yellowish pseudobulbs {{convert|100-200|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|6-8|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide. There are between two and five leaves {{convert|60-150|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15-20|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide. Between two and fifteen drooping white flowers with a tube-shaped base, {{convert|8-12|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|10-15|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide are arranged on a flowering stem {{convert|40-100|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long. The sepals and petals are pointed, thin and do not open widely. The sepals are {{convert|8-10|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and about {{convert|3|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, the petals shorter and narrower. The labellum is about {{convert|8|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, sometimes with faint pink markings with a triangular, crinkled middle lobe. Flowering occurs between August and May.{{cite web |title=Moorei orchid (Dendrobium moorei) |url=https://www.lhimuseum.com/species/view/72 |publisher=Lord Howe Island Museum |accessdate=28 November 2018}}Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Taxonomy and naming
Dendrobium moorei was first formally described in 1869 by Ferdinand von Mueller from a specimen collected by Charles Moore. The description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.{{cite web|title=Dendrobium moorei|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/505234|publisher=APNI|accessdate=28 November 2018}}{{cite book |last1=von Mueller |first1=Ferdinand |title=Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae |date=1869 |volume=7 |publisher=Victorian Government Printer |location=Melbourne |page=29 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7224#page/30/mode/1up |accessdate=28 November 2018}} The specific epithet (moorei) honours the collector of the type specimen.
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Endemic orchids of Australia
Category:Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
Category:Endangered flora of Australia