Orchidaceae

Many flowered dendrobium

Dendrobium polyanthum Wall. ex Lindl.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Dendrobium

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Many flowered dendrobium: Dendrobium primulinum — Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 报春石斛, 铁皮石斛
English: Many flowered dendrobium, Primrose dendrobium
Russian: Дендробиум первоцветный, Дендробиум примулинум

Synonyms

Callista cretacea (Lindl.) Kuntze
Dendrobium cretaceum Lindl.
Dendrobium nobile var. pallidiflorum Hook.

Photos

Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 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.