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Dendrobium amplum is a species of orchid native to Asia.

Dendrobium amplum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Dendrobieae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. amplum
Binomial name
Dendrobium amplum Lindl.
Synonyms
Epigeneium amplum (Lindl.) Summerh. Sarcopodium amplum(Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton Bulbophyllum amplum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Dendrobium coelogyne Rchb.f. Callista ampla (Lindl.) Kuntze Callista coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Sarcopodium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Rolfe Sarcopodium annamense Guillaumin Katherinea ampla (Lindl.) A.D. Hawkes Katherinea coelogyne (Rchb.f.) A.D. Hawkes Epigeneium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Epigeneium annamense (Guillaumin) Seidenf.

It is found in China, India in Assam and Sikkim, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

The orchid is a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte on mossy limestone rocks, in semi-deciduous and evergreen forests at elevations of 500–2,100 metres (1,600–6,900 ft).[1]

References

External links

• Media related to Dendrobium amplum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Dendrobium amplum at Wikispecies

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