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Orchidaceae

Common button orchid

Dendrobium lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Rolfe

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dendrobium

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Common button orchid: Dendrobium lichenastrum var. prenticei - detail of flower
Photo: Reiny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.