Dendrochilum tenellum (Nees & Meyen) Ames 1907 SUBGENUS Acoridium SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin TYPE for the section
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Common Name The Very Delicate Dendrochilum
Flower Size 1/16" [1.5 mm]
Endemic to the Philippines at elevations of 1000 to 2300 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with tapered pseudobulbs carrying elongate, grass-like leaves and blooms in the fall and winter on a semi-arching, 2" [5 cm] long, inflorescence that arises from the near the apex of a newer leaf and carries many [30] flowers.
Synonyms Acoridium sphacelatum Ames 1905; *Acoridium tenellum Nees & Meyen 1843; Ceratostylis gracilis Náves 1878; Dendrochilum junceum Rchb.f. 1878; Dendrochilum sphacelatum (Ames) Pfitzer 1907
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1878 D junceum; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as D junceum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 1 Ames 1905 as Acoridium sphacelatum drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 1 Ames 1905 as Acoridium tenellum drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 2 Ames 1908; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 2 Ames 1908 as D sphacelatum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915 as D sphacelatum; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 5 1961 as Acoridium tenellum drawing plant only; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981; Orchidaniana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as D spacelatum; Orchidaniana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 # 8 1997 photo fide; Orchids of The Philippines Cootes 2001 photo ok; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2005; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 2 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 2 2007 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #7 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #2 2017 photo fide;
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