Dendrochilum cootesii H.A.Pedersen 1997 SUBGENUS Pseudoacoridium SECTION Luzonorchis H Pederson
Photos by © Eric Hunt
Another Plant with it's namesake Jim Cootes
Photo by © David Banks
Common Name Coote's Dendrochilum [Current Australian Orchid Enthusiast]
Flower Size 3/8" [1 cm]
This miniature sized, cool growing species is endemic to the Philippines on mossy tree trunks at the edges of montane cloud forests at elevations around 1200 to 2000 meters with dark green, wrinkled pseudobulbs that at times can be curved and carrying a single, apical, leathery leaf with a prominent mid-vein and blooms in the winter on a gracefully arching, to 3 3/4" [to 9 cm] long inflorescence that in its infancy appears to be a rattlesnake tail and arises with a new growth and carries cream colored flowers that twist around the inflorescence.
Synonyms Pseudacoridium cootesii (H.A.Pedersen) Szlach. & Marg 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997; The Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 5 2009 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #4 2014 photo fide;
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