Fringed-lipped Dendrobium (Dendrobium fimbriatum)

Fringed-lipped Dendrobium, a reference photo — Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del., Swan sc. · Public domain

Dendrobium fimbriatum is a species of orchid. It is native to China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) and Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia). It grows on tree trunks in dense forests or on damp rocks in mountain valleys. It is known in Chinese as 流苏石斛 (liu su shi hu).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Fringed-lipped Dendrobium being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dendrobium chrysanthum
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Dendrobium lindleyi
Dendrobium moschatum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Dendrobium
Species: Dendrobium fimbriatum

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