Dendrophylax
Phylogeny
### Phylogeny

Members of this genus are distant relatives of the African and Indian Ocean genus *[Angraecum](/wiki/Angraecum "Angraecum")*; it seems that orchid seed, blowing like dust, crossed the Atlantic at least once and successfully colonized new habitat. Current evidence derived from molecular studies indicates that the original arrival from Africa which spawned this genus and the related genus *Harriselia* was a member of the subtribe Angraecineae with small leaves and flowers and a monopodial growth habit, and the leafless habit developed in parallel in both Africa and the Caribbean, since the genes are present in all members of the subtribe Angraecineae and the leafless habit is common in several genera within the [Vandeae](/wiki/Vandeae "Vandeae") (*[Chilochista](/wiki/Chiloschista "Chiloschista")*, *Dendrophylax*, *[Harriselia](/wiki/Harriselia "Harriselia")*, and *[Microcoelia](/wiki/Microcoelia "Microcoelia")*).


What kind of growth habit do members of the subtribe Angraecineae have?