Dendrobium aduncum

Dendrobium aduncum (the angelfish orchid or inward-bent dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Myanmar), and northern Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).^[2][3][4][5] It is an epiphyte and grows on the tree trunks of mountain forests.^[3]

Dendrobium aduncum
1846 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. aduncum
Binomial name
Dendrobium aduncum Lindl. (1842)
Synonyms[2]
Callista adunca (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891) Dendrobium faulhaberianum Schltr. (1911) Dendrobium oxyanthum Gagnep. (1930) Dendrobium aduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)