Seed Morphometry of Native Indonesian Orchids in the Genus Dendrobium
Table 1
Shape and measurement data of seeds (genus Dendrobium Sw).
No
Species
Shape
SL (mm)
SW (mm)
SL/SW (mm)
Volume (mm3 x 10−3)
1
D. antennatum
Fusiform
0.910 ± 0.0071c
0.175 ± 0.0019b
5.201 ± 0.0740a
7.286 ± 0.1569e
2
D. lineale
Fusiform
0.480 ± 0.0061a
0.081 ± 0.0003a
5.894 ± 0.0782a
0.001 ± 0.0000a
3
D. tonson
Fusiform
0.564 ± 0.0034b
0.085 ± 0.0032a
6.624 ± 0.2465b
1.074 ± 0.0816d
4
D. odoratum
Fusiform
0.551 ± 0.0037b
0.073 ± 0.0028a
7.513 ± 0.2696b
0.779 ± 0.0614c
5
D. discolor
Fusiform
0.405 ± 0.0044a
0.078 ± 0.0030a
5.220 ± 0.1965a
0.642 ± 0.0509c
6
D. mirbelianum
Fusiform
0.439 ± 0.0086a
0.082 ± 0.0045a
5.367 ± 0.2971a
0.774 ± 0.0864c
7
D. purpureum
Fusiform
0.353 ± 0.0019a
0.067 ± 0.0018a
5.307 ± 0.1573a
0.410 ± 0.0222b
8
D. nindii
Fusiform
0.486 ± 0.0019a
0.075 ± 0.0015a
6.462 ± 0.1356b
0.719 ± 0.0269c
9
D. affine
Fusiform
0.518 ± 0.0046b
0.085 ± 0.0015a
6.110 ± 0.0805b
0.975 ± 0.0411d
10
D. leporinum
Filiform
1.868 ± 0.0128d
0.181 ± 0.0078b
10.315 ± 0.4152c
0.016 ± 0.0014a
Values are expressed as ± standard deviation; SL: seed length; SW: seed width. The data followed by the same letter in a Duncan grouping are not significantly different (α = 0.05).