Orchids of Papua New Guinea: An Introduction

15 cm long 30 cm long Acriopsis altitude areas base beautiful bi-lobed botanist bracts branches bright brown Bulbophyllum Cadetia canes Ceratobium cm long cm tall cm wide coconut collected colour column common creamy white dark green dark purple Dendrobium anosmum Dendrobium discolor Dendrobium lineale diameter Diplocaulobium edges epiphytic Epiphytic on trees epiphytic orchid erect Eria fleshy flowers forest floor forest species Habitat inflorescence islands J. J. Sm keels labellum large trees lateral sepals leaf leafless leaves are dark length Lindl lobes lowland forest lowland rain forest Madang mentum mid-lobe mountains narrow nodes olive green orchids orchids growing Papua New Guinea pedicels pendulous petals and sepals photographed Phreatia pink plant grows Pomatocalpa Pomio Port Moresby pseudo-bulbs racemes rain forest rhizome River roots savannah Schltr sepals and petals Sepik shade side-lobes slender Sogeri Plateau swamps thick tough twisted upper sepal usually Vanda vary yellow margin yellowish-green