| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe | Dendrobieae (also placed in Podochileae) |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae |
| Scientific name | Dendrobium spatella Reichenbach f. |
| Common name | (Chinese common name) jian ye shi hu (剣葉石斛) |
| Synonyms | Aporum banaense (Gagnepain) Rauschert; Aporum spatella (Reichenbach f.) M.A. Clements; Callista spatella (Reichenbach f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxburgh var. minus Tang & F.T. Wang; Dendrobium banaense Gagnepain |
| Distribution | China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bhutan, India |
| Reference | Dendrobium spatella H. G. Reichenbach |
| Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f. | |
| Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f. | |
| Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f. 1865 | |
| Dendrobium acinaciforme | |
| Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxb. | |
| Note | According to Flora of China, "this species has been misidentified as Dendrobium acinaciforme Roxburgh (e.g., in FRPS 19: 142. 1999), which is in fact a native of Ambon Island in Maluku, Indonesia". |
| September 2011 at my home |
September 2011 at my home |
November 2010 at my home |