DENDROCHILUM

Blume .

Epiphytes ; rhizome creeping ,scaly; pseudobulbs narrow , 1-leaved . Leaf flat , narrow, coriaceous . Scape lateral , slender ; flowers small, in slender spikes or racemes. Sepals subequal , spreading ; lateral adnate to the foot of the column . Petals smaller . Lip jointed on the foot of the column , subsessile , erecto-patent , oblong , base umbonate . Column short , with lateral or terminal teeth or arms ; anther 2-celled; pollinia 4 , ovoid , bases cohering by a slight viscus .-Species 3-4 , Indian and Malayan.