Dendrochilum curranii Ames 1908 Section Convoluta Pederson Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

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Common Name Curran's Dendrochilum [Original Collector of Species early 1900's]

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.5 cm]

This miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphytic species is endemic to the Phillipines, occuring at elevations of 600 to 2000 meters in montane forests with tapered pseudobulbs enveloped basally by persistent sheaths and carrying a single, apical, petiolate leaf with a prominent midvein that blooms on an gracefully arching, 6" [15 cm] long, many [50] flowered inflorescence that arises with a new growth.

Synonyms Acoridium curranii (Ames) Ames 1922; Acoridium serratoi Ames 1923; Dendrochilum curranii var. serratoi (Ames) L.O.Williams 1951

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;