700. 101. Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem., 2003





Homotypic Synonyms: 
Dendrobium croceocentrum J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, III, 2: 75 (1920). 
Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem., Telopea 10: 286 (2003).



Type 
Near Maninjau Lake, 600 - 800 m, west Sumatra. Endemic.




Syntipe
This photo collected from west Sumatra by Mr. Wilhamdani Sitompul. Flowering on 20 February in cultivation Muaro Jambi, capture by Mr. Sonny Agus Sumarsono.


Stem
close together, pendulous, pale green turning purple, to 53 cm long with 2.75 cm long internodes.


Leaves
liniar-lanceolate, narrowed both apically and basally, obliquely acute, to 10 cm x 7.2 mm.


Inflorescences
arising from nodes on leafless stems, one-flowered, on very short peduncles.


Scent :
Fragrant, the smelling like Ceraia crumenata or Bunga Kemuning (Murarya paniculata).


Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.




Eurycaulis croceocentrus (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.


Flowers 
medium sized, opening widely, mainly snowy-white although the dorsal sepal is suffused with purple, 2.6 cm broad by 2.1 cm long; dorsal sepal ovate, 1.2 cm x 6.4 mm; lateral sepals obliquely linear, 2.1 cm long by 6 mm broad, forming a narrow spur-like mentum in their bases which is whitish suffused with ochre and about 1 cm long; spatulate, with two parallel keels close together, when spread out 2.35 cm long, the claw linear and channelled, 1.1 cm long by 3 mm broad, the lamina almost quadrangular shallowly indented apically with rounded lobules, the margins deeply erose, 1.3 x 1.1 cm; column short and thick, 3.4 mm long.


Notes :
J. J. Smith said thats this species may be distinguished from those nearest to it by very narrow leaves; the flowers are said to resemble those of Dendrobium cinereum J. J. Sm.


Original description
available at LINK


Drawlines
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Examination flowers
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