Findlay's dendrobium
1879 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Callista findlayana (C.S.P. Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891)

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]

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

  1. 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
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. Averyanov, L.. (2012). New orchid taxa and records in the flora of Vietnam. Taiwania 57: 127-152.


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