Devon's dendrobium | |
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1849 illustration [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dendrobium |
Species: | D. devonianum
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Binomial name | |
Dendrobium devonianum Paxton (1840)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Dendrobium devonianum (Devon's dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China ( Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas ( Bhutan, Assam), and northern Indochina ( Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is an epiphyte that grows on tree trunks in mountain forests. [3]