Epigeneium stella-silvae (Loher & Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1957 SECTION Racemosum Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by OrchidMania..

Common Name The Star of The Woods Epigeneium

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in the Philippines and is a few flowered smaller version of E acuminatum and is said to be synomonous but I have left them separate at this time.

Synonyms Dendrobium stella-silvae (Loher & Kraenzl.) Ames 1915; Katherinea stella-silvae (Loher & Kraenzl.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 ; *Sarcopodium stella-silvae Loher & Kraenzl. 1909

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; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006

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