SITF confirms this plant as Dendrobium mindanaense (Feb 2026). Identification was made with the aid of Jim Cootes, an Authority on orchids of the Philippines and the Genus Dendrobium, he stated that this was the best example of mindanaense he had seen and planned to include it in future articles. Andy Phillips of Andy's Orchids also verified the plant's origin was the Philippines. The shape of the leaves and the flower match. The IOSPE photo and a few others are less intensely striped than this plant.