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Atlanta Botanical Garden; Orchid Display House
This tree is covered almost completely in Dedrochilum species. It looks like a very special Christmas tree.
They (this genus) are distributed at higher elevations in the humid rainforests throughout the Malesian region, with some in the surrounding lands; thus they occur from Southeast Asia to New Guinea. But most species are found on Borneo or the Philippines.
This genus produces miniature, fragrant, star-shaped flowers that are generally produced in two rows on erect or arching pendant, many-flowered racemes.
Orchid Conservatory, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii
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SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer
Pseudobulb epiphyte
Distribution: Borneo to Philippines
42 BOR PHI
Found in [Asia-Tropical] Malesia Borneo, Philippines
Homotypic Synonyms:
Platyclinis glumacea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl., Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 656 (1881).
Acoridium glumaceum (Lindl.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 12: 220 (1904).
Dendrochilum wenzelii Ames, Orchidaceae 5: 65 (1915).
Homotypic Names:
Acoridium wenzelii (Ames) Ames, Orchidaceae 7: 82 (1922).
Dendrochilum sp. An undescribed terrestrial(!) species from the ultramafic tabletop of Mt. Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental Province, Mindanao, Philippines. The bracts range from greenish-white to pinkish-brown. This species is abundant on the tableland, where the waist-high blooms tower over the dwarf heath vegetation.
Plant was a good 3' tall from bottom of the pot to the tip of the leaves. You can see how floriferous it is.