Dendrobium falconeri

Dendrobium falconeri
	1857 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. falconeri
Binomial name
	Dendrobium falconeri; Hook. (1856)
Synonyms
	Callista falconeri (Hook.) Kuntze (1891); Dendrobium erythroglossum Hayata (1914); Dendrobium falconeri albidulum Rchb.f.; Dendrobium falconeri var. robustum Rchb.f.; Dendrobium falconeri var. giganteum B.S.Williams; Dendrobium falconeri var. albidulum (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams; Dendrobium falconeri var. senapatianum C.Deori, Gogoi & A.A.Mao;

Dendrobium falconeri, commonly known as 串珠石斛 (chuan zhu shi hu),^[3] is a species of orchid native to Asia.

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It is native to southern China (Hunan, Yunnan), Taiwan, the Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan), Northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Sikkim), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam).^[2]^[4]^[5]^[3] Dendrobium falconeri can grow up to 60–120 cm (24–47 in) tall.^[6] The flowers are large and have white petals with purple tips.^[3] It grows on rocks and on tree trunks in dense forests.^[3]

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