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 |