Dendrobium gratiosissimum

Dendrobium gratiosissimum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 99 1865. (Syn: Callista boxaleii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratiosissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Callista gratissima (Rchb. f.) Kuntze (Unresolved); Dendrobium boxallii Rchb.f.; Dendrobium bullerianum Bateman);

Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;

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Common name: Graceful Dendrobium
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Dendrobium gratiosissimum from Manipur: 2 images.
Dendrobium gratiosissimum from Imphal, Manipur. Photos by Thingnam Rajshree.

Yes this should be D. gratiosissimum

Orchidaceae: Dendrobium gratiosissimum: No images seen now.
Old picture, taken at my home in Bangalore.
Habitat is NE India (Assam) and SE Asian countries like China, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam

That acuminate apex is very strange. Shouldn’t have been there in a true Dendrobium gratiossimum.
But beautiful pic.

References:
POWO Flowers of India

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-57906

http://www.orchidspecies.com/dengrattiosimium.htm

Updated on June 10, 2025

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