DendrobiumDiplocaulobiumverified

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Two short-lived
flowers on two, single-flower inflorescences borne on a small, creeping plant
mounted on a small tree-fern log; fusiform pseudobulbs 1.1 cm long x .4 cm wide
carry a single, linear leaf 8.0 cm long x .2 cm wide, rhizomes short up to .3
cm long; flowers cream yellow-green, sepals and petals yellow apically; dorsal
sepal lanceolate, lateral sepals triangular and form a relatively large mentum
with the foot column; thin, thread-like petals curved inward; lip overlaid
burgundy, lighter on apex, oblong lip erect for about a half of its length,
then becomes porrect, apex acuminate, callus has two long parallel keels that
end about .5 cm from apex; long peduncle covered basally by a brown, lanceolate
bract; substance supple; texture crystalline;