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An endemic species from Luzon found on Mount Simakoko and Mount Pulog.
This is one of the smallest Dendrochilum species. The dorsal sepal measures just 3mm long.
Growing in cultivation and flowering in December.
Flower of a terrestrial Dendrochilum on Mt. Redondo, Loreto, Dinagat Island. Found on ultramafic soils within "bonsai forest" (< 1 m high) at KROMINCO mining site.
Labelled Dendrochilum magnum, Jim Cootes commented that in his opinion it was Dendrochilum macranthum. "I have never seen what I would consider to be a true Dendrochilum magnum, even in the Philippines."
An endemic species from Luzon found on Mount Simakoko and Mount Pulog.
This is one of the smallest Dendrochilum species. The dorsal sepal measures just 3mm long.
Growing in cultivation and flowering in December.
This species was only described on 18 January 2011 in the Malesian Orchid Journal. It is not yet known where this species occurs in the wild.
The name refers to the seven nerves on the dorsal sepal. This species is similar to another recently described species, Dendrochilum tortile.
From The Philippines. Named after Jim Cootes, a world authority and author of The Orchids of the Philippines