dacrydium: ref. dakrydion: a little tear (: tear-drop). cf. Eria dacrydium. syn. E. biflora. dactyl-: used in combwds., ref. daktylos: digit. Mostly taken as: finger, but can also be: toe. For any organ or part alluded to resemble a finger; having, or like a finger. dactyla: digit; finger. cf. Lepanthes dactyla. x Dactyleucorchis: Soó 1966. Noted the name was taken from Dactylorhiza and Leucorchis, as it seemed to have qualities of both. syn. x Pseudorhiza P.F.Hunt. dactylifera: finger + bearing. cf. Eulophia dactylifera. dactyliferum: finger + see -fer: bearing. Alluding to the labellum callus. cf. Oncidium dactyliferum. dactylina: digit; finger + like. cf. Lepanthes dactylina. dactylinum: digit; finger + like. cf. Cryptocentrum peruvianum ssp.dactylinum. Dactylis: see dactyl-: digit; finger, or toe. eg. Dactylis glomerata. x Dactylitella: P.F.Hunt & Summerh.1965. Noted the name was taken from the parents, reported to be a cross of Nigritella x Dactylorhiza. syn. x Dactylodenia. x Dactylocamptis: P.F.Hunt & Summerh.1965. Noted the name is taken from the parents, the result of Anacamptis x Dactylorhiza. ex Switzerland, cf. x Dactylocamptis weberi (M.Schulze) Soó 1966. Noted as monotypic. dactyloceras: finger + horn. cf. Podangis dactyloceras. Dactyloceras: Garay & H.R.Sweet 1968: finger + horn. syn. x Orchidactylorhiza. dactyloclinium: finger + small bed. cf. Epidendrum dactyloclinium. x Dactylodenia: Garay & H.R.Sweet 1966. Noted the name is taken from the parents as it’s a cross of Dactylorhiza x Gymnadenia. eg. x Dactylodenia varia. Listed as ex westn. Europe and Great Britain. dactylodes: digit; finger + resembling. cf. Dendrobium dactylodes. Dactyloglossum: P.F.Hunt & Summerh.1965. Noted the name is taken from the parents as it was thought to be a cross of Coeloglossum x Dactylorhiza. To lit.trans.(which doesn’t apply), Dactyloglossum: finger + tongue. syn. Dactylorhiza Neck.ex Nevski. x Dactylogymnadenia: Soó 1966. Noted the name was taken from the parents, the result of Dactylorhiza x Gymnadenia. syn. x Dactylodenia Garay & H.R.Sweet. dactyloides: digit, or finger + resembling. cf. Aerides multiflorum var. dactyloides. syn. A. multiflorum. dactyloptera: finger + wing. cf. Stelis dactyloptera. dactylopterum: finger + wing. cf. Oncidium dactylopterum. Dactylorchis: (Klinge) Verm.1947: finger (or toe) + see -orchis. Ref. the digit-like tuberoids. syn. Dactylorhiza Neck.ex Nevski Dactylorhiza: Neck.ex Nevski 1937: finger (-like) + roots. Has thick digit-like roots. ex Europe, Africa, etc., eg. Dactylorhiza elata. Dactylorhynchus: Schltr.1913: finger + snout; beak. Ref. the rostellum. syn. Bulbophyllum Thouars. Dactylorhynchus: as last entry.= Bulbophyllum section. Dactylorrhiza: Neck.1790: see Dactylorhiza. syn. Dactylorhiza Neck.ex Nevski. Dactylostalix: Rchb.f.1878: finger + stake (: column). eg. Dactylostalix ringens. Noted as monotypic, nth.eastn. Russia to Japan. dactylostigma: finger + stigma. Has a (small) digit-like projection near the stigma (?). cf. Habenaria dactylostigma. syn. H. stenopetala. Dactylostylis: Scheidw.1839: finger + see style (: column). syn. Zygostates Lindl. dactylum: ref. daktylos: digit; finger, or toe. cf. Porroglossum dactylum. daenikeri: listed for orig.coll., botanist and authority, A.Daeniker. Noted as ex New Caledonia 1925, cf. Spathoglottis daenikeri Kraenzl.1929. syn. S. plicata. daenikerianum: belonging to Daeniker, see daenikeri. ex New Caledonia, cf. Dendrobium daenikerianum Kraenzl.1929. daenikerianus: as daenikerianum. ex New Caledonia, cf. Lyperanthus daenikerianus Kraenzl. syn. Megastylis latissima. dagamense: listed for place name: from Dagami, a town of n.east Leyte Island, Philipp. cf. Bulbophyllum dagamense Ames 1915. dagamensis: as dagamense. cf. Eria dagamensis Ames 1915. daguensis: from Dagua, a town of Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. cf. Pleurothallis daguensis F.Lehm.& Kraenzl.1899. syn. P. lanceana. dahlemense: Dahlem + from. Because I didn’t read the entry properly, wasted time looking for a place in Africa (where the species comes from). The listing of the RBG., Kew, (see the Bibliography), reads: Bulbophyllum dahlemense* Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 325 (1919). Obviously for where it flowered in cultivation. *syn. B. falcatum. dahlemensis: see dahlemense. Listed as ex Sumatra, Indon., cf. Flickingeria dahlemensis (Schltr.) J.B.Comber 2001. dahliana: listed for orig.coll., O.Dahl (+ belonging to), a zoologist, naturalist and serious investigator of flora and fauna, who collected in PNG. c1890. ex Nuru River area, PNG., cf. Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl.1896. dahlianum: as dahliana. cf. Satyrium dahlianum (Kraenzl.) Kuntze. syn. Habenaria rumphii. dahomeensis: from Dahomey. Once a coastal state (République du Dahomey), Gulf of Guinea, west Africa and now is included in the sthn. part of the country of Benin. cf. Microcoelia dahomeensis (Finet) Summerh.1936. syn. M. konduensis. dahomensis: as dahomeensis. cf. Gussonea dahomensis (Finet) Schltr.1918. syn. Microcoela konduensis. dahuaense: from Dahua (village), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sthn. China. cf. Paphiopedilum concolor var.dahuaense Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang. syn. P. concolor. daibuzanensis: for place name (+ from), only listed as ex Taiwan. cf. Goodyera daibuzanensis Yamam.1932. daintreana: belonging to Daintrey. Listed for orig.coll., Edwin Daintrey (1814-1887). Born in Eng., was a solicitor, naturalist, botanist and founder of The Linnaean Society of NSW. cf. Pterostylis daintreana F.Muell.ex Benth.1873. Noted as endemic to eastn. Aust. daintreanus: as daintreana. cf. Oligochaetochilus daintreanus (Benth.) Szlach.2001. syn. Pterostylis daintreana. daintreyana: was noted as such in the book I was working on, but is not officially listed. Info., see daintreana. cf. Pterostylis daintreyana Benth. (probably, cf. P. daintreana). daissiorum: belonging to Daiss. Ref. phytologists Helga and Herm. Daiss. ex Sardegna (Sardinia island), Italy. cf. Ophrys x maladroxiensis nothosubsp.daissiorum H.Baumann et al.1995. dajakorum: listed for the indigenous people of Borneo, ref. the Dayaks + suffix: of, belonging to. cf. Appendicula dajakorum J.J.Sm.1926. dalarnensis: for place name: from Dalarna, a county of Sweden. Noted, some major refs. say the correct specep. ref. to Dalarna, is dalecarlicus (?). cf. Dactylorhiza maculata var.dalarnensis Landwehr 1975. syn. Dactylorhiza maculata. dalatense: for place name: from Da Lat (aka. Dalat) city in the Lang Bian Mtns., sth. Vietnam. cf. Bulbophyllum dalatense Gagnep.1930. dalatensis: as dalatense. cf. Trichotosia dalatensis (Gagnepain) Seidenf.1982. dalbertisii: listed for orig.coll., L.M.d’Albertis, a mercenary for Veitch & Sons nurseries of Eng. He collected in the Asia-Pacific region and was in Dutch New Guinea (Papua, Indon.) c1875. cf. Dendrobium dalbertisii Rchb.f.1878. syn. D. antennatum. See sketch and notes at Dendrobium.. dalhousiae: see dalhousieanum. cf. Epipactis dalhousiae Wight. syn. Epipactis helleborine. dalhousieanum: listed for Lady Dalhousie who donated the plant to the Calcutta Bot.Garden. ex Assam, India, cf. Dendrobium dalhousieanum Wall.1844. syn. D. pulchellum. daliense: listed for place name: from Dali city, westn. shore of Er Hai (lake), n.west Yunnan, China. cf. Cypripedium daliense S.C.Chen & J.L.Wu 1991. syn. C. margaritaceum. dallachyana: belonging to Dallachy. For orig.coll., John Dallachy (c1808-1871). Born in Scotland and worked as a gardener in Aberdeen. Then was with the RBG., Kew for some years. Went to Ceylon (: Sri Lanka) to manage a coffee plantation and then to Vic., Aust. where he became Superintendent of the Melbourne Bot.Gardens. Left Vic. and went to Qld., where he died on a field trip. cf. Nervilia dallachyana (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Schltr.1906. syn. Nervilia plicata. dallachyi: see dallachyana. cf. Bulbophyllum exiguum var. dallachyi Benth.1873. syn. Bulbophyllum wilkianum. Noted as endemic to nth. Qld., Aust. dalleizettii: listed for C.d’Alleizette (+ of), see alleizettei. ex nth.Vietnam, cf. Dendrobium dalleizettii Gagnep.1950. dalmatica: belonging to Dalmatia: a district of Croatia, Yugoslavia. cf. Ophrys dalmatica (Murr) Soó 1926. syn. O. bertolonii. daloaense: for place name: from Daloa, an inland city of sthn. Ivory Coast, Africa. cf. Bulbophyllum daloaense P.J.Cribb & Pérez-Vera 1975. syn. Bulbophyllum resupinatum var. filiforme. daltonii: listed for orig.coll., C.W.d’Alton. cf. Thelymitra daltonii R.S.Rogers 1930. syn. Thelymitra mathewsii (? matthewsii, see both entries). dalzellianum: belonging to Dalzell. Listed for Nicolas Alexander Dalzell (1817-1878), botanist, author, collector and authority on the flora of India. Descs. accr. to him are abbr. to: Dalz. Was co-author of “The Bombay Flora”1861, with colleague A.Gibson (see gibsonii). cf. Aerides dalzellianum (Santapau) Garay 1972. dalzellianus: as dalzellianum. ex sthn. India, cf. Sarcochilus dalzellianus Santapau 1949. syn. Smithsonia viridiflora. dalzellii: as dalzelliana. ex India, cf. Eria dalzellii Lindley 1859. syn. E. filiformis. dalzielii: for botanist and author, John McEwan Dalziel (1872-1948). Listed as ex west trop. Africa (Nigeria, etc.), cf. Habenaria dalzielii Summerh.1932. damaiensis: listed for place name: from Soengai Damai, Borneo. cf. Habenaria damaiensis J.J.Sm.1926. damasonium: ref. damazo: to heal + suffix: characteristic of. Listed as orig. for a plant (named by Pliny the Elder, see “P”) with medicinal value, a kind of Alisma (see “A”). Alludes to some superficial likeness, cf. Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce 1906.