Dendrobium carrii, commonly known as the furrowed moon orchid,[1] is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and has well-spaced pseudobulbs with one or two leaves, and flowering stems bearing between five and ten white or cream-coloured flowers with an orange or yellow labellum. It mostly occurs on the ranges inland from Cape Tribulation and Innisfail in Queensland.
Dendrobium carrii is an epiphytic herb with well-spaced pseudobulbs NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide, each with one or two thin, dark green, furrowed leaves NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long, NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide on the end. The flowering racemes are NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and bear between five and ten resupinate white or cream-coloured flowers that are NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide. The sepals and petals are NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long, NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide with a tapered end. The labellum is orange or yellow, about 14sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long, 6sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide and has three lobes. The side lobes are short and rounded and the middle lobe has three faint ridges along its midline. Flowering occurs from August to October.[2]
Dendrobium carrii was first formally described in 1937 by Herman Rupp and Cyril Tenison White and the description was published in The Queensland Naturalist.[3] [4] The specific epithet (carrii) refers to a Mr. Tom Carr of Julatten, who first collected it.[5] [6]
The furrowed moon orchid grows on the outer branches of rainforest trees that are often shrouded in mist at altitudes of between NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 on the ranges inland from Cape Tribulation and Innisfail.