Dendrobium lepidochilum

Dendrobium lepidochilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species:
D. lepidochilum
Binomial name
Dendrobium lepidochilum
Kraenzl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Grastidium lepidochilum (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Dendrobium lepidochilum is a species of plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Samoa.[1] it is found in Samoa in swampy and montane forests at elevations of 200 to 400 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte with clustered, pendent to erect, leafy stems carrying coriaceous, oblong-ovate, rounded and apically unequally bilobed leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on very short, 2 flowered inflorescence.

See also

Flora of Samoa

References

  1. 1 2 "Dendrobium lepidochilum Kraenzl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 August 2026.