Dendrochilum latifolium var. macranthum (Schltr.) H.A.Pedersen 1997 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Eddon Orchids

Another Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Golden Gate Orchids

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Common Name The Large Flowered Dendrochilum

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

This medium sized orchid is endemic to the Philippines at elevations above 1200 meters as a hot to cool growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, plicate leaf that blooms on a terminal, erect then arching, 2' [60 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring and summer.

Synonyms Dendrochilum grandiflorum Schlechter 1910; Dendrochilum macranthum Schlechter 1911