February, 1937 The Queensland Naturalist 
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TWO, NEW DENDROBS FOR NORTH QUEENSLAND 
By REV. H. M. R. RUPP (Raymond Terrace, N.S.W.) 
and C. T. WHITE (Government Botanist, Brisbane). 
DENDROBIUM FLE^KERI sp. nov. 
Caules breviter serpentes, pseudobulbi numerosi, 
gracillimi, striati, 25-40 cm. longi. Folia 2-3, late lanceo- 
lata, 7-10 cm. longa. Flores pauci, comparate magni. 
Sepala fulvoviridia, acuta, 2-24 cm. longa: sepalum dor- 
sale, late lanceolatum, lateralia latiora: calcar obtusum 
gibbosumque. Petala breviora, angusta. Labellum 12-15 
mm. longum, prominente trilobatum: lobi laterales erecti, 
purpureorubri, lobus intermedius latissimus cum mar- 
ginibus tomentosis incur vis; lamina cum jugis tribus. 
Columna longa curvaque, anther parvissimus. 
An epiphyte, with shortly creeping stems. Pseudo- 
bulbs numerous, very slender, furrowed, 25-40 cm. long. 
Leaves 2 or 3, terminal, broad-lanceolate, 7-10 cm. long, 
clearly veined. Flowers few, rather large. Sepals pale 
yellowish-green, acute, 2-24 cm. long. Dorsal sepal broad- 
lanceolate, the laterals broader, forming at the base an 
obtuse fibrous spur. Petals a little shorter than sepals, 
and much narrower. Labellum 12-15 mm. long, promin- 
ently 3-lobed ; lateral lobes erect, deeply stained or 
splashed with purplish-red, mid-lobe red-spotted and 
streaked, broader than long, but with incurved white- 
tomentose margins. Lamina more or less red-spotted, 
with three parallel longitudinal ridges ascending from 
the base forward, the middle one not quite as long as the 
others and yellow-tipped. Column rather long but much 
curved, sometimes red-spotted. Anther very small. 
Mount Spurgeon, Cairns district, per Dr. H. Fleck- 
er, September, 1935 : Messrs. C. T. White and T. Carr, 
September, 1936. 
Dr. Flecker sent me a dried plant, with three flowers, 
collected by Mr. Carr. My first impression was that of 
an exceptionally large flowered D. Adac Bail., but the 
acute sepals raised doubts which were soon justified. I 
could not identify the specimen with any described species 
known to me, but I judged it best to wait and see whether 
living flowers might be available next season. Early in 
October, 1936, I received a plant with living flowers from 
Mr. C. T. White, who, in company with Mr. Carr, had 
found this orchid a week or two earlier on Mt. Spurgeon. 
It is certainly a new species, and a decided acquisition to 
our known orchid flora. The affinities are chiefly with 
D. Adae, which was growing in the same locality. There 
is scarcely any appreciable difference between the two 
