Dendrochilum lamellatum J.J.Sm.1922 SUBGENUS Platyclinis SECTION Eurybrachium

Plant and flowers Photos by © Rici Ricardo

Common Name or Meaning The Lamina Dendrochilum

Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]

Found in Sumatra in montane forests at elevations around 1700 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 1"+ inbetween each terete, almost stem-like pseduobulb and carrying erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, tough, gradually narrowing below into the petiollate base leaves that blooms on a nodding, thin, red brown, 4.6" [11.5 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence arising from newly maturing pseueobulbs

I ma not sure about this determination, anyone else? I do not have a line drawing of this one so I go with the collector.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001