| Family | Orchidaceae | 
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | 
| Tribe | Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae) | 
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | 
| Scientific name | Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh | 
| Synonyms | Callista purpurea (Roxburgh) Kuntze; Callista reinwardtii (Lindley) Kuntze; Dendrobium candidulum Reichenbach f.; Dendrobium reinwardtii Lindley; Dendrobium praeustum Kränzlin; Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh subsp. candidulum (Reichenbach f.) Dauncey & P. J. Cribb; Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh var. album Sander; Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh var. candidulum Reichenbach f.; Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh var. moseleyi Hemsley; Dendrobium purpureum Roxburgh var. steffensianum Schlechter; Dendrobium reinwardtii Lindley; Dendrobium scabripes Kränzlin; Dendrobium talaudense J. J. Smith; Dendrobium viridiroseum Reichenbach f.; Pedilonum purpureum (Roxburgh) Breiger; Pedilonum reinwardtii (Lindley) Rauschert; Pedilonum talaudense (J. J. Smith) Rauschert | 
| Distribution | Malaysia, New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu | 
| Reference | Dendrobium purpureum Roxb. | 
| Dendrobium purpureum Roxb. | |
| Dendrobium purpureum Roxb. 1820 | 
| July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | July 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | 
| January 2012 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |