Dendrobium section Spatulata is a section of the genus Dendrobium.
Description Plants in this section have a erect cane like pseudobulbs with two leaves, blooming with a multi-flower inflorescence with twisted petals and a tri lobed lip.
Distribution Plants from this section are found in Java and the Philippines to Australia and the Pacific Islands with the greatest concentration in New Guinea. Most of the species can be found at lower elevation close to sea level.
Species Dendrobium section Spatulata comprises the following species: Image Name Distribution Elevation (m) Dendrobium angusticaule Papua New Guinea (Mussau Island) Dendrobium antennatum Queensland Australia, Papua and New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and surrounding islands Dendrobium archipelagense Bismark Archipelago Dendrobium aries western New Guinea Dendrobium bicaudatum Mollucas, Sulawesi and the Philippines Dendrobium brillianum Malesia (Papua New Guinea) Dendrobium burkeanum Indonesia Dendrobium busuangense Philippines (Busuang Island ) Dendrobium calophyllum Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas Dendrobium canaliculatum Australia and New Guinea Dendrobium capra Lesser Sunda Islands and eastern Java Dendrobium carronii Australia and Papua and New Guinea Dendrobium cochliodes Papua and New Guinea and Irian Jaya Dendrobium conanthum New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Philippines and Vanuatu Dendrobium crispilinguum Papua New Guinea Dendrobium dedeksantosoi Maluku Islands Dendrobium devosianum western New Guinea Dendrobium discolor Australia Dendrobium enigmaticum Papua New Guinea Dendrobium gouldii Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Dendrobium hamiferum New Guinea Dendrobium helix New Guinea Dendrobium irinae New Guinea Dendrobium jennyanum New Guinea Dendrobium johannis Australia and Papua and New Guinea Dendrobium lasianthera Papua and New Guinea Dendrobium laxiflorum Moluccas Dendrobium leporinum the Mouluccas and western New Guinea Dendrobium lineale New Guinea Dendrobium macranthum New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis & Futna Dendrobium magistratus Papua and New Guinea Dendrobium militare Ternate of the Moluccas Islands Dendrobium mirbelianum Queensland Australia, Solomon Islands and Papua and New Guinea Dendrobium mussauense The Bismark Archipelago to the north of New Guinea Dendrobium odoardoi New Guinea. Dendrobium nindii northeastern Australia and sporadically in New Guinea Dendrobium parnatanum Western New Guinea Dendrobium percnanthum Moluccas Dendrobium pseudoconanthum Sulawesi Dendrobium racieanum western New Guinea Dendrobium rennellii Solomon Islands Dendrobium samoense Samoa Dendrobium schulleri Papua (Noemfoor Island). Dendrobium soriense Papua New Guinea Dendrobium stockelbuschii eastern Indonesia Dendrobium stratiotes western New Guinea, the Moluccas [Halmaheira and Morotai], the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi Dendrobium strebloceras Malaysian archipelago Dendrobium strepsiceros the Moluccas and New Guinea Dendrobium sutiknoi New Guinea Dendrobium sylvanum Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bouganville and the Solomons Dendrobium tangerinum New Guinea Dendrobium taurinum Philippines Dendrobium taurulinum Seram of the Moluccas Dendrobium tokai Fiji and Tonga Dendrobium trilamellatum southern New Guinea and in northern Australia Dendrobium violaceoflavens western New Guinea Dendrobium wulaiense Papua and New Guinea
Natural hybrids Image Name Parentage Distribution Dendrobium × andersonianum Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium lineale New Guinea Dendrobium × fleischeri Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium biggibum New Guinea
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