Dendrobium guerreroi

Dendrobium guerreroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochilaeae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. guerreroi
Binomial name
Dendrobium guerreroi
Ames & Quisumb.[1]
Synonyms
  • Eurycaulis guerreroi (Ames & Quisumb.) M.A.Clem.

Dendrobium guerreroi (Guerrero's Dendrobium) is a member of the family Orchidaceae endemic to the Philippines.[2] It was named in honor of Mr. Guerrero, a Filipino orchid collector in the 1900s.[3] This species is a small to medium to large sized, warm growing epiphyte with thin descendant, clumping pseudobulbs that rarely branch and carry many, unsubdivided, pointed fleshy leaves. Flowers are 3 centimeters and are yellow with light orange labia.

References

  1. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. The Orchids of the Philippines, J. Cootes 2001
  3. Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984
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