Dendrobium albosanguineum

White and Blood-red Dendrobium
1858 illustration from
Curtis's Botanical Magazine[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. albosanguineum
Binomial name
Dendrobium albosanguineum
Lindl. & Paxton (1851)
Synonyms[2]

Callista albosanguinea (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze (1891)

The White and Blood-red Dendrobium (Dendrobium albosanguineum) is a species of orchid, native to Thailand and Myanmar.[2]

References

  1. Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 85 (Ser. 3 no. 15) pl. 5130
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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