Dendrobium amethystoglossum

Amethyst-colored Dendrobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Dendrobieae
Subtribe: Dendrobiinae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: D. amethystoglossum
Binomial name
Dendrobium amethystoglossum
Rchb.f. (1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callista amethystoglossa (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Pedilonum amethystoglossum (Rchb.f.) M.A. Clem. (2003)

The Amethyst-colored Dendrobium (Dendrobium amethystoglossum) is a species of orchid endemic to the Island of Luzon in the Philippines but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[1]

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