Orchidaceae
Dendrobium pulchellum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 蜻蜓石斛
- Thai
- เอื้องช้างน้าว
- Vietnamese
- Hoàng thảo môi đỏ
Synonyms
- Callista pulchella (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
- Dendrobium brevifolium Lindl.
- Dendrobium buxifolium Jacob-Makoy
- Dendrobium dalhousieanum Paxton
- Dendrobium dalhousieanum Wall.
- Dendrobium moschatum Griff.
Photos
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena Gaillard, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: 石斛蘭屬 Dendrobium pulchellum [香港青松觀蘭花展 Tuen Mun, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%9B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Dendrobium_pulchellum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%9D%92%E6%9D%BE%E8%A7%80%E8%98%AD%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Tuen_Mun%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289252384857%29.jpg/1280px-%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%9B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Dendrobium_pulchellum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%9D%92%E6%9D%BE%E8%A7%80%E8%98%AD%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Tuen_Mun%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289252384857%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: 石斛蘭屬 Dendrobium pulchellum v alba [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%9B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Dendrobium_pulchellum_v_alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289213295545%29.jpg/1280px-%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%9B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Dendrobium_pulchellum_v_alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289213295545%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: Plant derived from Sikkim, India SECTION Dendrobium .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sw. , Tab. Pl. Jav. Orchid. [3], t. 4 (1825). Distribu](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851130721444%29.jpg/1280px-Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851130721444%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: Plant derived from Sikkim, India SECTION Dendrobium .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sw. , Tab. Pl. Jav. Orchid. [3], t. 4 (1825). Distribu](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851130303126%29.jpg/1280px-Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851130303126%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: Plant derived from Sikkim, India SECTION Dendrobium .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sw. , Tab. Pl. Jav. Orchid. [3], t. 4 (1825). Distribu](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851131415025%29.jpg/1280px-Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851131415025%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dendrobium pulchellum: Plant derived from Sikkim, India SECTION Dendrobium .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sw. , Tab. Pl. Jav. Orchid. [3], t. 4 (1825). Distribu](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851131415660%29.jpg/1280px-Dendrobium_pulchellum_fma._album_Roxb._ex_Lindl.%2C_Gen._Sp._Orchid._Pl._82_%281830%29_%2851131415660%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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.