Dendrobium facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dendrobium

Pink Rock Orchid, Dendrobium kingianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochilaeae
Subtribe:	Dendrobiinae
Genus:	Dendrobium Sw

Dendrobium is one of the largest genus of orchids with about 1000 species being known. Being such a large group creates much diversity. Dendrobiums are found only in the Eastern Hemisphere and range from Australia, throughout the South Pacific and Philippines, Southeast Asia, and India, and a small representation in Japan.

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A nobile-type cultivar or hybrid. Dendrobium nobile has been extensively bred in the horticultural industry, resulting in cultivars and hybrids with exceptional flower count and various patterning.
Dendrobium Chet's Choice (Dendrobium densiflorum × farmeri), a hybrid belonging to the section Densiflorum (syn. Callista)
Dendrobium 'Mini Brown', a hybrid belonging to the section Spatulata
Painting of a typical Dendrobium by I. V. Passmoore, probably the hybrid Dendrobium Lucky Seven
Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher, a hybrid belonging to the section Spatulata
Dendrobium hybrid belonging to the section Phalaenanthe
Dendrobium hybrid
Dendrobium salaccense
Dendrobium from Kottayam