Basionym: Dendrochilum remotum J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 3: 57 (1912).
Replaced synonym: Dendrochilum simplex J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 22: 13 (1909).
Notes: not Coelogyne simplex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 13 (1854). This epithet is occupied in Coelogyne, so we use the heterotypic synonym in its place.