Genus Dendrochilum
Genus: Dendrochilum, pronounced den-dro-KYE-lum, abbreviated (Ddc). Genus of over 100 species from southeast Asia. Fragrant flowers produced in arching pendent raceme. Tribe: Coelogyneae / Subtribe: Coelogyninae.
Genus: Coelogyne, pronounced see-LODGE-in-ee. Genus of over 100 species from India and southeast Asia. Showy flowers produced in raceme. Tribe: Coelogyneae / Subtribe: Coelogyninae.
Indoor Culture (Success or Failure to Re-bloom)
Success Dendrochilum filiforme
Success Dendrochilum formosanum
Success Dendrochilum glumaceum
Success Dendrochilum magnum
Success Coelogyne fimbriata
Failure Coelogyne intermedia form alba

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Genus species 'Cultivar' - OR -
Genus Hybrid 'Cultivar'
Description and grower
Dendrochilum
filiforme

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Parents: = Species in Philippines.
Desc: Yellow hanging flowers. Musky, like the fragrance of an old sock.
Bloomed: 11/30/2003 - 12/17/2003 (4 spikes). 10/4/2004 - 10/29/2004 (3 spikes). 9/17/2005 - 10/8/2005 (2 spikes).
Repotted: 1/1/2005 lava rock.
Grower: 12/12/2002 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Dendrochilum
formosanum

'Tower Grove'

Parents: = Species in Taiwan.
Desc: Yellow hanging flowers. Musky, like the fragrance of an old sock.
Bloomed: 12/3/2003 - 1/9/2004 (4 spikes). 9/22/2004 - 10/31/2004 (3 spikes).
Awarded: 10/3/2004 WOS #3.
Grower: 12/12/2002 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Status: Removed from collection.
Dendrochilum
glumaceum


Parents: = Species in Philippines.
Desc: White hanging flowers. Musky, like the fragrance of dried cat pee in an old tennis shoe.
Bloomed: 6/1/2003 - 6/25/2003. 12/5/2003 - 12/31/2003 (1 spike). 7/14/2004 - 8/26/2004 (3 spikes). 3/15/2005 - 4/23/2005 (4 spikes). 10/28/2005 - 12/2/2005 (1 spike).
Repotted: 1/23/2003 into bark.
Grower: 12/12/2002 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Future image Dendrochilum
javierii

Parents: = Species in Philippines.
Desc: White hanging flowers. No fragrance.
Bloomed: not yet bloomed.
Grower: 2/5/2005 J&L Orchids (Easton, CT).
Future image Dendrochilum
yuccifolium

Parents: = Species in Philippines.
Desc: White hanging flowers. No fragrance.
Bloomed: 1/21/2005 - 2/15/2005. 1/20/2006 - 3/2/2006.
Repotted: 12/11/2004.
Grower: 11/7/2004 WOS Auction.
Future image Dendrochilum
aureum

Parents: = Species in Thailand.
Desc: .
Bloomed: Not yet bloomed.
Repotted: 12/11/2004.
Grower: 8/30/2004 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Future image Dendrochilum
cobbianum


Parents: = Species in Philippines & Borneo.
Desc: Yellow hanging flowers.
Bloomed: not yet bloomed.
Repotted: 4/6/2003. 9/28/2004.
Grower: 4/6/2003 WOS Auction.

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Genus species 'Cultivar' - OR -
Genus Hybrid 'Cultivar'
Description and grower
Dendrochilum
magnum

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Parents: = Species in Malayasia.
Desc: Long hanging yellow flowers.
Bloomed: 8/25/2003 - 9/30/2003 (2 spikes). 9/26/2004 - 10/29/2004 (1 spike).
Repotted: 12/27/2005 in sphagnum moss, kept moist.
Grower: 9/21/2002 Green Acres Orchids (Charlotte, MI).
Dendrochilum
uncatum

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Parents: = Species in Philippines.
Desc: White hanging flowers. No fragrance.
Bloomed: 11/7/2004 - 12/12/2004 (5 spikes).
Repotted: 12/11/2004.
Grower: 4/13/2004 Oak Hill Gardens.

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Genus species 'Cultivar' - OR -
Genus Hybrid 'Cultivar'
Description and grower
Future image Coelogyne
cumingii

Parents: = Species
Desc: White and yellow flower.
Bloomed: Not yet bloomed.
Repotted: 11/06/04
Grower: 1/13/2004 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Coelogyne
fimbriata

Parents: = Species in China to Malaysia.
Desc: White and brown flower.
Bloomed: 9/5/2004 - 10/1/2004. 11/27/2004 - 12/22/2004.
Repotted: 1/7/2005.
Grower: 8/7/2004 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).
Future image Coelogyne
fuscescens

Parents: = Species in Nepal to India
Desc: Yellow green and brown flower. Mild plastic scented fragrance.
Bloomed: 12/28/2005 - 1/6/2006 (6 flowers).
Grower: 12/13/2005 Oak Hill Gardens (Dundee, IL).

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