Dendrobium chrysotoxum

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Golden-bow Dendrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. chrysotoxum
Binomial name
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Lindl. (1847)
Synonyms
  • Dendrobium suavissimum Rchb.f. (1874)
  • Callista chrysotoxa (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Callista suavissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891)

The Golden-bow Dendrobium or Fried-egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) is a widely cultivated species of orchid. It is native to Southeast Asia, and has been found in the wild in Burma (Myanmar), Bhutan, Yunnan (China), Assam (India), Laos, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

Notes

  1. "CITES Orchid Checklist: Online Version". Kew Gardens. pp. 227–228. 

References

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson (2009) "Gulddendrobium" Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).

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