Dendrobium fimbriatum
Object Details
- Description
- This large orchid takes its name from the fringed lip of its vibrant orange flowers.
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- In Nepal, this plant has been used for "liver upset" and anxiety.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2015-1766A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous inflorescence is 7-8" long with 6-15 orange flowers that last 7-10 days. Flowers are 1.6-3" across.
- Fragrance
- Sour
- Range
- Himalaya to S China and Indo-China
- Habitat
- Humid, mossy mixed and coniferous forests; 800-2400m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Fringe-Lipped Dendrobium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- fimbriatum
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-1766A
