Dendrobium formosum
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| Species: | D. formosum
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| Dendrobium formosum Roxb. ex Lindl. (1830)
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The Beautiful Giant-flowered Dendrobium (Dendrobium formosum) is a species of orchid.
It is native to the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh), northern Indochina (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam) and the Andaman Islands, and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
It is the emblem of Ranong Province in Thailand.
References
- ^ Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 25 (NS 2) plate 64 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/241251)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hossain, A.B.M. (2002). A Taxonomic report on the genus Dendrobium Sw.. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(2): 47-55.
- ^ Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- ^ Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India
- ^ Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- ^ Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
External links
- IOSPE orchid photos, Dendrobium formosum Roxb. var gigantea Roxburg ex Lindley 1832, Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
- Andy's Orchids (Encinitas California USA), Genus: Dendrobium Species: formosum Origin: Thailand
- Video explaining how to grow Dendrobium formosum (in German/auf Deutsch)
- Petrus Kurniawan Orchids (Jakarta, Indonesia), Dendrobium formosum, photo with bilingual description in English and Bahasa Indonesia
- Flowers of India, Handsome Flowered Dendrobium, Dendrobium formosum
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