Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f.-The Dragon-Like Dendrobium

Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 (1862).

Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f.; Photo by Wenqing Perner

 Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f.; Photo Hoàng Hà

Vietnamese name: Nhất điểm hồng

Chinise name: 

Common Name: The Dragon-Like Dendrobium

Thailand Name: Ueang ngoen 

Latin Name: Dendrobium draconis Rchb.f.

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Callista draconis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium andersonii J.Scott; Dendrobium eburneum Rchb.f. ex Bateman

Description: 

Orchid, 40-50 cm high, stem 8-9 burns with black hair. Glossy green leaves. Flowers 6-8 cm in size, growing in clusters of 2-5 at the apical ends, aroma of citrus and perennial. 

Distribution: Found in Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. In VietNam, found in Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng, Nam Cát Tiên.

Ecological: Warm to cool growing epiphytic orchid at elevations of 700 to 2000 m Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org