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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Dockrillia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Dendrobieae]]
| subtribus = [[Dendrobiinae]]
| genus = '''''Dockrillia'''''
| genus_authority = Briegar, 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
approx 28 species, including:<br>
*''[[Dockrillia bowmanii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia cucumerina]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia calamiformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia convoluta]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia dolichophylla]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia fairfaxii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia linguiformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia mortii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia nugentii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia pugioniformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia racemosa]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia rigida]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia schoenina]]''<br>
*''Dockrillia striolata'' subsp. ''chrysantha''<br>
*''Dockrillia striolata'' subsp. ''striolata''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia teretifolia]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia wassellii]]''<br>
}}
[[Image:Dockrillia_teretifolia.jpg|thumb|left|Dockrillia teretifolia]]All [[terete]] leaved ''[[Dendrobium]]'' [[species]] from Australia and Papua New Guinea have been moved into a newly created [[genus]], '''''Dockrillia''''', named after Alick Dockrill, a contemporary [[Australian]] [[orchidologist]]. Dockrillia are [[epiphyte|ephiphytic]] or [[lithophytic]] plants, and found mainly along the east coast of [[Australia]].
''Dockrillia'' crosses readily with ''[[Dendrobium]]'' to make [[Dockrilobium]].
Most ''Dockrillia'' plants are easily [[plant propagation|propagated]] by [[rhizome]] division.
==Selected Species==
''Dockrillia cucumerina'', the cucumber orchid has leaves shaped like little cucumbers.
''Dockrillia linguiformis'' the tongue orchid - from Latin: ''lingua'' which means 'tongue', and ''formis'' which means 'shaped'. The thick and leathery leaves grow from a creeping rhizone, either as an [[epiphyte]] or as a [[lithophyte]].
''Dockrillia pugioniformis'', the dagger orchid, from the shape of its leaves. Plants can grow to very large specimens, often completely covering a large branch of a large tree.
''Dockrillia teretifolia'', the pencil orchid, from the shape of its leaves. It has a [[pendulous]] growth and is sometimes known as the bridal veil orchid.
[[Category:Orchids of Australia]]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Dockrillia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Dendrobieae]]
| subtribus = [[Dendrobiinae]]
| genus = '''''Dockrillia'''''
| genus_authority = Briegar, 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
approx 28 species, including:<br>
*''[[Dockrillia bowmanii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia cucumerina]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia calamiformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia convoluta]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia dolichophylla]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia fairfaxii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia linguiformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia mortii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia nugentii]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia pugioniformis]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia racemosa]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia rigida]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia schoenina]]''<br>
*''Dockrillia striolata'' subsp. ''chrysantha''<br>
*''Dockrillia striolata'' subsp. ''striolata''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia teretifolia]]''<br>
*''[[Dockrillia wassellii]]''<br>
}}
[[Image:Dockrillia_teretifolia.jpg|thumb|left|Dockrillia teretifolia]]All [[terete]] leaved ''[[Dendrobium]]'' [[species]] from Australia and Papua New Guinea have been moved into a newly created [[genus]], '''''Dockrillia''''', named after Alick Dockrill, a contemporary [[Australian]] [[orchidologist]]. Dockrillia are [[epiphyte|ephiphytic]] or [[lithophytic]] plants, and found mainly along the east coast of [[Australia]].
''Dockrillia'' crosses readily with ''[[Dendrobium]]'' to make [[Dockrilobium]].
Most ''Dockrillia'' plants are easily [[plant propagation|propagated]] by [[rhizome]] division.
==Selected Species==
''Dockrillia cucumerina'', the cucumber orchid has leaves shaped like little cucumbers.
''Dockrillia linguiformis'' the tongue orchid - from Latin: ''lingua'' which means 'tongue', and ''formis'' which means 'shaped'. The thick and leathery leaves grow from a creeping rhizone, either as an [[epiphyte]] or as a [[lithophyte]].
''Dockrillia pugioniformis'', the dagger orchid, from the shape of its leaves. Plants can grow to very large specimens, often completely covering a large branch of a large tree.
''Dockrillia teretifolia'', the pencil orchid, from the shape of its leaves. It has a [[pendulous]] growth and is sometimes known as the bridal veil orchid.
[[Category:Orchids of Australia]]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
