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Orchidaceae

Handsome flowered dendrobium

Dendrobium formosum Roxb. ex Lindl.

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dendrobium

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Handsome flowered dendrobium: SECTION Formosae TYPE for the Section Distribution: C. Himalaya to Indo-China (40 ASS BAN EHM IND NEP 41 AND MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Homotypi
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Chinese
亮花石斛
English
Handsome flowered dendrobium
Russian
Дендробиум красивый, Дендробиум формозум
Thai
เอื้องเงินหลวง
Vietnamese
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Synonyms

  • Callista formosa (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum W.Bull

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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.