Dendrochilum parvulum Pfitz. 1907 SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin
Flower Closeup Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
Common Name The Small Flowered Dendrochilum
Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]
Found only in the Philippines on mossy trees in montane forests at elevations around 1200 meters as a miniature [4"] sized, warm growing epiphyte with oval pseudobulbs enveloped by tubular sheaths basally and carrying a single, apical, linear-oblong, 3 veined leaf and blooms in the winter on a semi-arching, 1 1/2" [3.75 cm] long, many [20] flowered, racemose, crowded inflorescence arising on a new growth.
Synonyms *Acoridium parvulum Ames 1906; Acoridium strictiforme Ames 1906; Acoridium venustulum Ames 1906; Dendrochilum parvulum var. strictiforme (Ames) H.A.Pedersen 1997; Dendrochilum venustulum (Ames) Pfitzer 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;
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