Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843 SUBGENUS Platyclinis SECTION Eurybrachium
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photos by © Eric Hunt
Common Name The Lilly Of the Valley-Like Dendrochilum
Flower Size 3/8" [8 mm]
Found in the Philippines in shaded areas at elevations of 300 to 900 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte in shade with oval pseudoobulbs carrying a single lanceolate leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a basal, arching, many [50] flowered inflorescence that arises with a new growth.
CAUTION This species, D propinquum and D ecallosum are all very similar and I cannot separate them as there are no good drawings to go by, so please use with caution the determination above. I await better references.
Synonyms Acoridium bistortum (H.Wendl. & Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1904; Acoridium confusum (Ames) Ames 1922; Acoridium convallariiforme (Schauer) Rolfe 1904; Dendrobium bicallosum Ames 1908; Dendrochilum bicallosum var minor;Dendrochilum confusum Ames 1911; Dendrochilum bistortum (H.Wendl. & Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm. 1904; Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. minor (Ames) H.A.Pedersen 1997; Platyclinis bistorta H.Wendl. & Kraenzl. 1856
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach as Platyclinis bistorta drawing; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 2 Ames 1908 as D bicallosum drawing good; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 2 Ames 1908 as D bicallosum var minor; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915 as D bistortum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915 as D bicallosum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915 as D confusum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as D bicallosum; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as D bicalossum; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as D confusa; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo fide; 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 76 #8 2007 photo ok; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Philippine Ntive Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide
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