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Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.
Dendrobium loddigesii (Loddiges' dendrobium) is a miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial orchid that comes from Laos, Vietnam, and China. [1] [2] It is found in humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters, in areas with dry winter and a wet spring and summer. The ...
Dendrobium canaliculatum, commonly known as the brown tea tree orchid or thin tea tree orchid, [2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cone-shaped or onion-shaped pseudobulbs, up to six deeply channelled, dark green leaves and up to thirty star-shaped, light brown to caramel-coloured white or greenish to apricot-coloured flowers with darker tips.
D. bensoniae is an upright, deciduous plant. The stems measure 3.5–7.5 cm (1.4–3.0 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) thick and each bear two to five leaves. The flowers measure approximately 4.6 cm (1.8 in) across and are mostly white in colour, with two dark purple blotches surrounded by yellow on the inside of the labellum.
Dendrobium schuetzei, sometimes called Schuetze's dendrobium, is a species of orchid endemic to northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. Though widely grown as an ornamental , it is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to habitat loss and unsustainable harvesting from the wild.
Dendrobium mirbelianum, commonly known as the dark-stemmed antler orchid [2] or mangrove orchid, [3] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical, dark-coloured pseudobulbs with leathery, dark green leaves and up to twelve pale to dark brown flowers with a yellow labellum with dark red veins.
Dendrobium smillieae is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with crowded, ribbed, greenish or yellowish spindle-shaped pseudobulbs 0.3–1.0 m (1–3 ft) long and 20–30 mm (0.8–1 in) wide. The pseudobulbs have leaves during their first year, but are leafless at maturity.
Dendrobium crumenatum, commonly called pigeon orchid, [2] or 木石斛 (mu shi hu) [3] is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is native to Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Christmas Island. It has two rows of leaves along its pseudobulb and relatively large but short-lived, strongly scented white flowers. It usually grows in ...