Dendrobium formosum Roxburgh

in Lindley, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rarior. 1: 34. T. 39 (1830).

Synonymes

Callista formosa (Roxburgh) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 654 (1891).

Dendrobium infundibulum Rchb.f. in Gartenflora. 36:T. 1253 (1887).

Répartition

Andaman et Nicobar, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Inde, Laos, Népal, Sikkim, Thaïlande, Vietnam.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal.

Floraison : _____J______. Altitude de 0 à 660 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 20 à 40 cm. Tige dressée. Bractées ovales. Fleurs de 2 à 4, blanches, oranges. Sépale dorsal elliptique, oblong, de 45-53 × 14-20 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, oblongs, de 25-72 × 16-25 mm. Pétales ovales, obovales, de 50-61 × 33-42 mm. Labelle oblong, ovale, trilobé, de 55-76 × 35-50 mm.

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