Dendrochilum javieriense Magrath, Bulmer & I.Shafer 1989 SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name Javier's Dendrochilum [Orchid Nursury Owner in the Philippines current]

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 cm]

Found in the Philippines in mossy cloud forests at elevations above 1200 meters in bright light as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with tapered pseudobulbs carrying leathery leaves that blooms in the winter on an arching, racemose inflorescence that arises on a new growth with the flowers crowded on the upper 1/3.

Synonyms Dendrochilum javierense L. K. Magrath, G. Bulmer & I Shafer 1989

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;