Dendrochilum uncatum Rchb. f. 1855 CHM/AOS Section Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer Photo and award winning plantCourtesy of Jamie Lawson

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Common Name Refers to the inward bent to the arms on the column - The Hook-Shaped Dendrochilum

Flower Size 3/8" [.9 cm]

Found in the Philippines and Taiwan as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte occuring at elevatons of 500 to 2300 meters with conical, densely clustered pseudobulbs carrying 2 oblong, tapering to a petiolate base leaves that blooms on a slender, arcuate, 6" [15 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence arising on a new growth with many [30], fragrant flowers arranged in 2 rows.

Synonyms Acoridium cucumerinum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1904; Acoridium uncatum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1904; Dendrochilum cucumerinum Rchb. f. 1864; Platyclinis uncata N.E. Br. ex B.S. Williams 1894

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;