Dendrobium cretaceum




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae)
Subtribe Dendrobiinae
Scientific name Dendrobium cretaceum Lindley
Synonyms Callista cretacea (Lindley) Kuntze
Distribution China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, India
Reference Dendrobium cretaceum Lindl.
Dendrobium polyanthum Wall. ex Lindl. 1830
Dendrobium polyanthum Wall. ex Lindl. (1830)
Note Many authors have identified Dendrobium cretaceum Lindley as a synonym of Dendrobium polyanthum Wallich ex Lindley (Syn. Callista primulina (Lindley) Kuntze; Dendrobium nobile Lindley var. pallidiflorum Hooker; Dendrobium primulinum Lindley).
Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Tsukuba Botanical Garden and displayed as Dendrobium cretaceum.



April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden