Dendrobium formosum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Dendrobium formosum']

• ไทย: เอื้องเงินหลวง
• Tiếng Việt: Bạch nhạn
• 中文: 亮花石斛
• 中文（中国大陆）: 亮花石斛
• 中文（简体）: 亮花石斛

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Dendrobieae • Subtribus: Dendrobiinae • Genus: Dendrobium • Species: Dendrobium formosum Roxb. ex Lindl. (1830)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Callista formosa (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum W.Bull, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 175 (1864)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  Labellum
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  Labellum

Botanical illustrations

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  plate 64 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 25,
  (1839)
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  Dendrobium formosum
  page 45 in:
  Louis van Houtte:
  Flore des serres et
  des jardins de l’Europe
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 16,
  (1865 - 1867)
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  (as syn.
  Dendrobium formosum
  var. giganteum)
  Plate 308 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Dendrobium formosum
  plate 3 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I
  second series
  (1892)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dendrobium formosum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Dendrobium formosum