Dendrobium findlayanum
Dendrobium findlayanum, Findlay's dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar) and to the Yunnan region of China.[2][3][4]
| Findlay's dendrobium | |
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| 1879 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Dendrobium |
| Species: | D. findlayanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobium findlayanum C.S.P. Parish & Rchb.f. (1874) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The epithet is sometimes spelled findleyanum. The species was named for James Findlay.[3]
The flower colours in the illustration are white and yellow, yet online photographs show white and pink. Clarification needed.
References
- H. T. D. (??) del. , J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) . Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 105
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Flora of China v 25 p 378, 棒节石斛 bang jie shi hu, Dendrobium findlayanum E. C. Parish & H. G. Reichenbach, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 30: 149. 1874.
- Averyanov, L.. (2012). New orchid taxa and records in the flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 57: 127-152.
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