Dendrobium fimbriatum

Dendrobium fimbriatum
	Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. fimbriatum
Binomial name
	Dendrobium fimbriatum; Hook. (1823)
Synonyms
	Callista fimbriata (Hook.) Kuntze (1891); Dendrobium paxtonii Paxton (1839), illegitimate; Dendrobium normale Falc. (1839); Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum Hook. (1845); Callista normalis (Falc.) Kuntze (1891); Callista oculata (Hook.) Kuntze (1891);

Dendrobium fimbriatum, commonly known as 流苏石斛 (liu su shi hu),^[3] is a species of orchid. It is native to China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) and Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] It grows on tree trunks in dense forests or on damp rocks in mountain valleys.^[3]

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