Golden orchid (species: Dendrobium discolor) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Dendrobium discolor
Golden orchid


©Anne Hoggett: Dendrobium discolor at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Dendrobium discolor flowers and buds at Lizard Island

©Lesley Alford: Dendrobium discolor on the Cooks Look track, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Dendrobium
Species Dendrobium discolor

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Abundant on the upper slopes of Cook's Look, in granite crevices.

Web resources

References

  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.