Orchidaceae
Hooded orchid
Dendrobium aphyllum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Assamese
- শালিকী ঠুটিয়া কপৌ
- Bangla
- পাতাহীন ডেনড্রোবিয়াম
- Chinese
- 兜唇石斛, 四照花
- English
- Hooded orchid, Leafless dendrobium
- Japanese
- デンドロビウム・アフィルム
- Russian
- Дендробиум пьерара, Дендробиум безлистный
- Swedish
- Blek dendrobium
- Vietnamese
- Hạc vĩ
Synonyms
- Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw.
- Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullata (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar
- Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua
- Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br.
- Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes
- Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep.
- Dendrobium pierardii R.Br.
- Dendrobium pierardii var. brachybulbon Schltr.
- Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f.
- Dendrobium pierardii var. latifolium F.Buyss.
- Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir.
- Limodorum aphyllum Roxb.
- Pierardia bicolor Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandra Keller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandra Keller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: অজয় দাস, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Therese Sheffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pranjal saikia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: maytheforcebewithyouOB1, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.