Dendrobium aphyllum

Dendrobium aphyllum, commonly known as the hooded orchid^[3] or 兜唇石斛 (dou chun shi hu) is a species of orchid native to Bangladesh, southern China, the eastern Himalayas, and Indochina.^[4][5]

Dendrobium aphyllum at Golaghat, Assam

Hooded orchid
Illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards's Botanical Register[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. aphyllum
Binomial name
Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch.[2]
Synonyms[2]
List of synonyms Limodorum aphyllum Roxb. (1795) Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw. (1799) Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. (1810) Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br. (1821) Dendrobium pierardii R.Br. (1821) Pierardia bicolor Raf. (1821) nom. superfl. Dendrobium pierardii var. latifolium F.Buyss. (1890) Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f. (1890) Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep. (1950) Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes (1963) nom. illeg. Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar (1984) Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua (2001)