Dendrochilum pseudoscriptum T.J.Barkman & J.J.Wood 1996 SUBGENUS Platyclinis SECTION Eurybrachium
Photo by © Rogier van Vugt and his P Base Orchid Website
Photo by © T J Barkham and Western Michagan University Website
Common Name The False Scriptum Dendrochilum
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in the Mt Kinabalu area of Borneo in upper montane scrub forests at elevations of 2700 to 3000 meters as a small sized, cold, pendent growing epiphyte with small, globose to ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf, that blooms in the fall on a terminal, pendent, racemose, two-ranked, 3.2" [8 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence
"Reminiscent of D transversum in the callus of the lip, and the angled petals and sometimes cymbiform lip recall D alpinum. The short stelida and twisted petals are characters shared withD alatum. There are 2 distinct color forms of the flowers one with lemon-yellow tepals and a chestnut brown to orange labellum and the other entirely salmon-pink." J J Smith 2001
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dendrochilum of Borneo Wood 2001 drawing/photos fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo ok; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011
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