Dendrobium falconeri

Dendrobium falconeri is a species of orchid native to Asia.

Dendrobium falconeri
1857 illustration[1]
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[2]
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

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][3][4][5] 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.^[5] It grows on rocks and on tree trunks in dense forests.^[5]

Living specimen

Its common name in Chinese is 串珠石斛 (chuan zhu shi hu).^[5]