Dockrillia wassellii
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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."
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."
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Iron Range
The Iron Range is a region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. "The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore...
and McIlwraith Range
McIlwraith Range
The McIlwraith Range is a rugged, dissected granite plateau on the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, it covers about 3000 km2 and lies about 15 km east of the town of Coen, and 550 km north of Cairns...
on Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...
, 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."
The genus Dockarillia "was recently reinstated as distinct from Dendrobium
Dendrobium
Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids. It was established by Olof Swartz in 1799 and today contains about 1,200 species. The genus occurs in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Zealand...
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."
Description
It flowers from May to June. "Leaves erect, moderately short, thick, grooved, racemes erect, multiflowered, flowers crowded, crystalline white with yellow labellumLabellum
Labellum is the Latin diminutive of labium, meaning lip. These are anatomical terms used descriptively in biology, for example in Entomology and botany.-Botany:...
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