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Dendrobium spectabile
Alien Orchid
As recorded: Dendrobium spectabile (Blume) Miq.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Orchidaceae
- Collected by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Collector number
- 9089
- Date
- August 13, 1993
- Locality
- Atzera Range, hills near the 6 mile settlement
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 250 m
- Identified by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 13, 1993, Takeuchi, W.N. also collected 10 other specimens.
Dendrobium spectabile observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1993. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-12-05.
2025-12-05
Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia
(c) rajaampatherping, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-24
South Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
(c) Ian Simpson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-26
Faumamanu - Kwai, Solomon Islands
(c) peter maaskant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-09
Central Bougainville District, AROB, Papua New Guinea
(c) peter maaskant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-05-08
Kairuku-Hiri, PG-CE, PG
(c) Callum Blacklaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2019-07-24
Kiunga Western Province, Papua New Guinea
no rights reserved
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Cite this specimen
Dendrobium spectabile. BISH 742245. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956673598. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/742245.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956673598 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026