Dendrobium formosum

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Beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium
Dendrobium formosum - Edwards vol 25 (NS 2) pl 64 (1839).jpg
1839 illustration [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. formosum
Binomial name
Dendrobium formosum
Roxb. ex Lindl. (1830)
Synonyms [2]
  • Dendrobium formosum var. giganteumW.Bull
  • Callista formosa(Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze

Dendrobium formosum (beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium) is a species of orchid.

It is native to the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh), northern Indochina (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam) and the Andaman Islands, and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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