Dendrochilum wenzelii Ames 1915 Section Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl.
Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Anna S. Chai
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Common Name Wenzel's Dendrochilum [Orchid Collector in the Philippines early 1900's]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
This is a small to medium sized, warm growing Philippine epiphytic species in forests at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters with tapered pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, leathery leaf that blooms on a semi-arching inflorescence that arises on a new growth with many [30] crowded flowers occuring in the late winter and early spring.
Synonyms Acoridium wenzelii (Ames) Ames 1922
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;
Dendrochilum wenzelii Ames 1915 yellow variety
This species is from the Philippines and blooms in the late winter and early spring and is a color form of the previuos species.
