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Dockrillia
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Dockrillias of Brisbane can be seperated into two groups,
the pencil orchids which have long thin round leaves resembling pencils, and the
non-pencil orchids. To assist with their identification, particularly when
not in flower, their characterising features are presented below.
Pencil Orchids
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Leaf Habit
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Stem Branching
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Aerial
roots
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Leaf
Length (cm)
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Leaf
width (mm)
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Leaf Grooves
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Predominant Flower Colour
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Dockrillia bowmanii
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Semi-Pendulous
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sparsely branched
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15
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4
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shallow
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Green or yellowish green
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Dockrillia
dolichophylla
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Pendulous
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sparsely branched
straight
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abundant
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100
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6
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None
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Yellow
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Dockrillia mortii
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Pendulous
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much branched
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10
decreasing successively in size
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4
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Grooved
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Green or Brownish Yellow
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Dockrillia schoenina
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Erect
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much branched
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16
decreasing
successively in size
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12
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Grooved
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Pale Green
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Dockrillia teretifolia
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Pendulous
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much branched
zig-zagged
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60
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8
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None
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Cream
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Non-Pencil Orchids
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Dockrillia cucumerina
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Creeping epiphyte or lithophyte with warty succulent leaves resembling
gherkins
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Dockrillia
linguiformis
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Creeping epiphyte or lithophyte with flat grooved
succulent leaves
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Dockrillia
pugioniformis
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Pendulous epiphyte or lithophyte with wiry stems and small
dagger like leaves.
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