Dendrochilum rhombophorum (Rchb.f.) Ames 1908 SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzl. Photos by © John Varigos and his Orchid webpage

Common Name The Oval Pseudobulb Dendrochilum

Flower Size .2" [5mm]

Found in the Philippines at elevations around 1000 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with oval pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, linear-lanceolate leaf that blooms on an arching, to 5" [12.5 cm] long, to 30 flowered, racemose inflorescence arising with a new growth.

Synonyms Acoridium rhombophorum (Rchb.f.) Ames 1923; Acoridium whitfordii Rolfe 1905; *Coelogyne rhombophora Rchb.f. 1877; Dendrochilum whitfordii (Rolfe) Pfitzer & Kraenzl.1907; Pholidota rhombophora Rchb.f. 1877

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001

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