Dendrobium amplum

Dendrobium amplum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochilaeae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. amplum
Binomial name
Dendrobium amplum
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Epigeneium amplum (Lindl.) Summerh.
  • Sarcopodium amplum(Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton
  • Bulbophyllum amplum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Dendrobium coelogyne Rchb.f.
  • Callista ampla (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Callista coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Sarcopodium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
  • Sarcopodium annamense Guillaumin
  • Katherinea ampla (Lindl.) A.D. Hawkes
  • Katherinea coelogyne (Rchb.f.) A.D. Hawkes
  • Epigeneium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Summerh.
  • Epigeneium annamense (Guillaumin) Seidenf.

Dendrobium amplum is a species of orchid native to Asia.

It is found in China, India in Assam and Sikkim, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1]

The orchid is a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte on mossy limestone rocks, in semi-deciduous and evergreen forests at elevations of 500–2,100 metres (1,600–6,900 ft). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Orchidspecies.com: Dendrobium amplum . accessed 6.13.2015


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