Dendrochilum vanoverberghii Ames 1912 SECTION Convoluta

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name or Meaning Vanoverberg's Dendrochilum [Belgian Preist and Orchid Enthusiast 1900's]

Flower Size .12" [3mm]

Found in the Philippines in central Luzon on mossy tree trunks and branches at elevations around 2000 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect, elliptic psuedobulbs carrying very leathery, linear leaves that blooms on an arching to 20 flowered inflorescence

I ma not sure of this determination, Does not match Cootes photo, Need more references.

Synonyms Acoridium vanoverberghii (Ames) Ames 1922

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philippiniana Valmayor 1984; Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 1999

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