Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843 SECTION Eurybrachium

Flower Closeup Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

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 growing epiphyte in shade with oval pseudoobulbs carrying a single lanceolate leaf that blooms in the winter on a basal, arching, many [50] flowered inflorescence that arises with a new growth.

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; 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; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

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