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Dendrochilum ramosii is an orchid species identified by Ames in 1914. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrochilum filiforme.
ORIGIN: A miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing, miniature Philippine species at elevations of 660 to 2250 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing, miniature Philippine species at elevations of 660 to 2250 meters with conical or ellipsoid-fusiform pseudobulbs covered with papery sheaths carrying 2 apical, erect, petiolate, narrowly linear-ligulate, subobtuse leaves needing good light and even year round watering that blooms in the spring to early summer on a 24 [60 cm], pendulous-arcuate, slender, crowded, many flowered [100+], inflorescence arising from the apex of a newly developing pseudobulb and having papery, convolute bracts that are equal to the ovary in length. This species has highly fragrant flowers that are arranged in 2 rows.
FLOWER SIZE: More than 1/4 inch [5 mm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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