Dendrobium nobile

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Noble Dendrobium • Manipuri: Yerum lei;
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Dendrobium nobile Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 79 (1830).
Synonym:
Callista nobilis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1891).
Dendrobium nobile var. nobilius Rchb.f., Garden 24: 206 (1833).
Dendrobium coerulescens Wall. ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid. 3: t. 18 (1838).
Dendrobium lindleyanum Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 309 (1851).
Dendrobium nobile var. formosanum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 432 (1883).
Dendrobium nobile virginale Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 8: 121 (1900).
Dendrobium formosanum (Rchb.f.) Masam., Trop. Hort. 3: 32 (1933).
Dendrobium nobile f. nobilius (Rchb.f.) M.Hiroe, Orchid Flowers 2: 40 (1971).
Dendrobium nobile var. alboluteum Huyen & Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 74: 1039 (1989).
Family: Orchidaceae
Distribution: India, China, Nepal, Laos, Mayanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Current pic taken in KFBG, Hong Kong. Plant is assumed to be collected very long back in the 70s from Nepal. Pic was taken by Daisy Hu. The plants on the side is Pholidota chinensis.



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Orchidaceae Fortnight:: Hybrid-1 (NSJ-06) : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 4 authors. Hybrid from Sikkim. (Apr-09)


I think this may not be hybrid but common Dendrobium nobile.
Thanks for sharing



 

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Orchidaceae Fortnight:: Is it Dendrobium nobile? (NSJ-19) : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.
Dendrobium nobile ?? Plant from Kalimpong. Pl. Confirm.

Yes, it is Dendrobium nobile. Beautiful orchids


Beautiful, yes Dendeobium nobile.



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ID Request for Orchid from Sikkim 05032014: SCMAR02 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Please help for this id: Place: Gangtok, Sikkim
Date: June, 2007


This is Dendrobium nobile


agree with this. Dendrobium nobile


Yes, Dendrobium nobile.


This is Dendrobium nobile Lindl.



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This epiphyte was recorded from a village on way to Pelling from Kalimpong…
Dendrobium lituiflorum or Dendrobium nobile ??
I am unable to decide though this looks more likely to be D. nobile


This does look like Dendrobium nobile. Lituiflorum will have pendulous stem always and in nobile stem is a bit swollen at the internodes.



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Re: Dendrobium nobile Lindl. (accepted name) : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

Location: Sourinee, Mirik, India
Date: 21 April 2017
Altitude: 4400 ft.

Attachments (2)


Beautiful plants.

Thanks a lot for sharing.
Yes, Dendrobium nobile.


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SK1128 20 MAY 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) – around 700 kb each.

Location: Soureni, India
Date: 8 May 2018
Altitude: 4300 ft.
Habit : I guess collected from wild.

I think this is a hybrid of Dendrobium nobile.
Thanks a lot for sharing.


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SK1130 21 MAY 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) – around 650 kb each.

Location: Soureni, India
Date: 8 May 2018
Altitude: 4300 ft.
Habit : Cultivated 
Dendrobium nobile hybrid ??

Yes sir this should be a Dendrobium nobile hybrid. 



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in mid of April, 2005 on the way to Kanchanjangha falls, Sikkim; Kangla Fort Imphal- March’10?; near Lohit Valley , Arunachal Pradesh;

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Sending photos of Dendrobium nobile. This is the State flower of Sikkim.

Place : Darjeeling

Date  : May 2013


Yes looks like Dendrobium nobile the normal form.



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SK 2321 16 December 2019 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)
Location: Jawalakhel Flower Show, Lalitpur
Date: 20 October 2019
Elevation: 1300 m.
Habitat: Cultivated
Dendrobium hybrid ? Specific name ?

Dendrobium hybrid, should be a Dendrobium nobile inside.



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References:
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Updated on May 20, 2025

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