Dendrochilum arachnites or wenzelii

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by David Morris

This is what most taxonimists are calling wenzellii. There is also a brown and a yellow form.

Hi David,
I am a relatively new "kid on the block" so I missed the discussion on this thread. In South Africa we had the same problems with plants being labelled as Dendrochilum arachnites "Red" and "Yellow" but neither the red nor the yellow were Dendrochilum arachnites. Looking at your thumbnails I would just like to ask: "Is the one yellow flower not Dendrochilum javieri? I am currently looking at all my Dendrochilums and trying to correct labels. A very useful book is the one by Jim Cootes on native orchids of the Philippines (not sure of the correct title but it is something like that). Worth having a look at. I have tried to translate the key in Das Pflanzenreich from Latin using my Stern's "Botanical Latin" but not all the Dendrochilums are listed and I do not know how good my Latin translation is. I cannot remember if there is a description in the ames reprints that I have of Dendrochilums arachnites, wenzellii or javierii.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike