Orchidaceae
Common button orchid
Dendrobium lichenastrum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小黃瓜石斛, 豆石斛
- English
- Common button orchid
Synonyms
- Bulbophyllum lichenastrum F.Muell.
- Bulbophyllum prenticei F.Muell.
- Davejonesia aurantiacopurpurea (Nicholls) M.A.Clem.
- Davejonesia lichenastrum (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem.
- Davejonesia prenticei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem.
- Dendrobium aurantiacopurpureum Nicholls
- Dendrobium lichenastrum f. aurantiaco-purpureum (Nicholls) Dockrill
- Dendrobium lichenastrum f. prenticei (F.Muell.) Dockrill
- Dendrobium lichenastrum var. prenticei (F.Muell.) Dockrill
- Dendrobium prenticei (F.Muell.) Nicholls
- Dendrobium variabile Nicholls
- Dockrillia lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Brieger
- Phyllorchis lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Phyllorchis prenticei (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Phyllorkis lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Phyllorkis prenticei (F.Muell.) Kuntze
Photos

Photo: Reiny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reiny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.