gallery of species of sect. Pedilonum s.l. showing morphological transformation series in the lip apices (shape, margin ornamentation, incurvation, pleating, etc.), with former sectional attribution indicated
Dendrobium brevicaule Rolfe subsp. pentagonum (Kraenzl.) T.M.Reeve & P.Woods, habit, photo T.M. Reeve, based on Reeve 457
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, in situ, photo P. Cribb, ex Papua, Baliem Valley
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, flowers, photo D. Titmuss, based on P. Taylor cult.
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, habit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., based on Edinburgh cult. 701768
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, inflorescence, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., based on Edinburgh cult. 701768
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, habit, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (7/87, PNG, Anura)
Dendrobium chrysopterum Schuit. & de Vogel, inflorescences, photo J. Meijvogel, based on Leiden cult. 31894
Dendrobium cuthbertsonii F.Muell., habit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin.
Dendrobium cuthbertsonii F.Muell., various colour forms, photo T. Roelfsema
Dendrobium dekockii J.J.Sm., habit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., based on Reeve 633
Dendrobium dichaeoides Schltr., habit, photo P. Jongejan, based on Jongejan 1584
Dendrobium fulgidum Schltr., flowers, photo A. Schuiteman, based on Leiden cult. 31717
Dendrobium laevifolium Stapf, habit, photo D. Titmuss, based on D. Smedley cult.
Dendrobium aff. lawesii F.Muell., flowers, photo D. Titmuss
Dendrobium leucocyanum T.M.Reeve, habit, photo T. Roelfsema
Dendrobium obtusum Schltr., flowers, photo J.B. Comber, based on Cibodas Botanical Garden cult. (ex Papua)
Dendrobium parvulum Rolfe, habit, photo P. Jongejan, based on Jongejan 1761
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, flowers, lateral view, photo D. Titmuss, based on D. Banks cult., ex PNG
Dendrobium sp. sect. Pedilonum, flowers, photo D. Titmuss, based on D. Banks cult., ex PNG
Dendrobium aff. rarum Schltr., flower, photo D. Titmuss, based on P. Spence cult., Waria District, PNG
Dendrobium pseudoglomeratum T.M.Reeve & J.J.Wood, photo A. de Wilde, cultivated at Highland Orchid Collection, Laiagam, PNG
Dendrobium sp., inflorescence, photo D. Titmuss, based on S. Batchelor cult.
Dendrobium subacaule Reinw. ex Lindl., habit, photo P. Jongejan, based on Jongejan 3080
Dendrobium subclausum Rolfe, inflorescences, photo D. Titmuss, based on P. Spence cult., ex Myola, PNG
Dendrobium subclausum Rolfe, inflorescences, photo P. O'Byrne, based on O'Byrne D450
Dendrobium trichostomum Rchb.f. ex Oliv., inflorescence, photo D. Titmuss, based on P. Spence cult., ex PNG
Dendrobium vannouhuysii J.J.Sm., photo A. de Wilde, cultivated Highland Orchid Collection, Laiagam, PNG
Dendrobium vexillarius J.J.Sm. var. uncinatum (Schltr.) T.M.Reeve & P.Woods (left) & var. albiviride (P.Royen) T.M.Reeve & P.Woods (right), habit, photo Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., based on Edinburgh cult. 682410 (var. uncinatum), 682067 (var. albiviride)
Dendrobium violaceum x D. hellwigianum (natural hybrid), habit, photo T.M. Reeve, based on Reeve 15
Diagram of generalized Pedilonum flower, from Reeve & Woods, 1989, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 46: 169, fig. 1
Ovary cross-sections of various species assigned by Reeve & Woods to sect. Oxyglossum, from Reeve & Woods, 1989, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 46: 171, fig. 2
Ovary cross-sections of various species assigned by Reeve & Woods to sect. Oxyglossum, from Reeve & Woods, 1989, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 46: 172, fig. 3