# Dendrobium sect. Spatulata

Dendrobium section Spatulata is a section of the genus Dendrobium.

## Description

Plants in this section have a erect cane like pseudobulbs with two leaves, blooming with a multi-flower inflorescence with twisted petals and a tri lobed lip.

## Distribution

Plants from this section are found in Java and the Philippines to Australia and the Pacific Islands with the greatest concentration in New Guinea. Most of the species can be found at lower elevation close to sea level.

## Species

Dendrobium section Spatulata comprises the following species:
| Name | Distribution | Elevation (m) |
| Dendrobium angusticaule P.J.Spence 2016 | Papua New Guinea (Mussau Island) | |
| Dendrobium antennatum Lindley 1843 | Queensland Australia, Papua and New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and surrounding islands | 0–1,200 metres (0–3,937 ft) |
| Dendrobium archipelagense Howcroft & W.N.Takeuchi 2002 | Bismark Archipelago | 0–250 metres (0–820 ft) |
| Dendrobium aries J.J.Sm. 1914 | western New Guinea | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Dendrobium bicaudatum Reinw. ex Lindl. 1859 | Mollucas, Sulawesi and the Philippines | 0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft) |
| Dendrobium brillianum Ormerod & Cavestro 2005 | Malesia (Papua New Guinea) | |
| Dendrobium burkeanum Ormerod 2009 | Indonesia | |
| Dendrobium busuangense Ames 1920 | Philippines (Busuang Island ) | 300 metres (980 ft) |
| Dendrobium calophyllum Rchb.f. 1870 | Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Dendrobium canaliculatum R. Brown 1810 | Australia and New Guinea | 0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft) |
| Dendrobium capra J.J. Sm. 1910 | Lesser Sunda Islands and eastern Java | |
| Dendrobium carronii Lavarack & P.J. Cribb 1983 | Australia and Papua and New Guinea | 0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft) |
| Dendrobium cochliodes Schltr. 1912 | Papua and New Guinea and Irian Jaya | 400–1,600 metres (1,300–5,200 ft) |
| Dendrobium conanthum Schltr. 1912 | New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Philippines and Vanuatu | 0–800 metres (0–2,625 ft) |
| Dendrobium crispilinguum P.J.Cribb 1980 | Papua New Guinea | 1,100–1,600 metres (3,600–5,200 ft) |
| Dendrobium dedeksantosoi D.S.Santoso 2022 | Maluku Islands | |
| Dendrobium devosianum J.J.Sm. 1934 | western New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841 | Australia | 0–550 metres (0–1,804 ft) |
| Dendrobium enigmaticum Ormerod 2009 | Papua New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium gouldii Rchb. f. 1867 | Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands | 0–700 metres (0–2,297 ft) |
| Dendrobium hamiferum P.J.Cribb 1981 | New Guinea | 1,100–1,800 metres (3,600–5,900 ft) |
| Dendrobium helix P.J. Cribb 1980 | New Guinea | 0–150 metres (0–492 ft) |
| Dendrobium irinae Ormerod 2017 | New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium jennyanum Kraenzl. 1896 | New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium johannis Rchb.f 1865 | Australia and Papua and New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium lasianthera J.J. Sm 1932 | Papua and New Guinea | 0–100 metres (0–328 ft) |
| Dendrobium laxiflorum J.J.Sm. 1932 | Moluccas | |
| Dendrobium leporinum J.J.Sm. 1909 | the Mouluccas and western New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium lineale Rolfe 1889 | New Guinea | 0–800 metres (0–2,625 ft) |
| Dendrobium macranthum A.Rich.1834 | New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis & Futna | 0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft) |
| Dendrobium magistratus P.J. Cribb 1981 | Papua and New Guinea | 1,300–1,500 metres (4,300–4,900 ft) |
| Dendrobium militare P.J.Cribb 1996 | Ternate of the Moluccas Islands | 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) |
| Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. 1829 | Queensland Australia, Solomon Islands and Papua and New Guinea | 0–650 metres (0–2,133 ft) |
| Dendrobium mussauense Ormerod 1997 | The Bismark Archipelago to the north of New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium odoardoi Kraenzl. 1910 | New Guinea. | |
| Dendrobium nindii W. Hill 1874 | northeastern Australia and sporadically in New Guinea | 0–200 metres (0–656 ft) |
| Dendrobium parnatanum Cavestro 2002 | Western New Guinea | 200 metres (660 ft) |
| Dendrobium percnanthum Rchb.f. 1886 | Moluccas | |
| Dendrobium pseudoconanthum J.J.Sm. 1926 | Sulawesi | |
| Dendrobium racieanum Cavestro 2003 | western New Guinea | 250 metres (820 ft) |
| Dendrobium rennellii P.J.Cribb 1983 | Solomon Islands | 0–100 metres (0–328 ft) |
| Dendrobium samoense P.J.Cribb 1983 | Samoa | 0–600 metres (0–1,969 ft) |
| Dendrobium schulleri J.J.Sm. 1914 | Papua (Noemfoor Island). | |
| Dendrobium soriense Howcroft 1996 | Papua New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium stockelbuschii Schettler 2016 | eastern Indonesia | |
| Dendrobium stratiotes Rchb. f.1886 | western New Guinea, the Moluccas [Halmaheira and Morotai], the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi | |
| Dendrobium strebloceras Rchb.f 1886 | Malaysian archipelago | |
| Dendrobium strepsiceros J.J. Sm. 1912 | the Moluccas and New Guinea | 0–50 metres (0–164 ft) |
| Dendrobium sutiknoi P.O'Byrne 2005 | New Guinea | |
| Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb. f. 1877 | Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bouganville and the Solomons | 0–80 metres (0–262 ft) |
| Dendrobium tangerinum P.J. Cribb 1980 | New Guinea | 0–1,250 metres (0–4,101 ft) |
| Dendrobium taurinum Lindl. 1843 | Philippines | 0–300 metres (0–984 ft) |
| Dendrobium taurulinum J.J.Sm. 1920 | Seram of the Moluccas | |
| Dendrobium tokai Rchb.f. 1865 | Fiji and Tonga | 0–800 metres (0–2,625 ft) |
| Dendrobium trilamellatum J.J.Sm. 1908 | southern New Guinea and in northern Australia | |
| Dendrobium violaceoflavens J.J. Sm. 1929 | western New Guinea | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Dendrobium wulaiense Howcroft 1981 | Papua and New Guinea | |

## Natural hybrids

| Image | Name | Parentage | Distribution |
| | Dendrobium × andersonianum F.M.Bailey | Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium lineale | New Guinea |
| | Dendrobium × fleischeri J.J.Sm. 1913 | Dendrobium antennatum × Dendrobium biggibum | New Guinea |