Hooded orchid
পাতাহীন ডেনড্রোবিয়াম
Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- 75 cm
Orchidaceae
Formerly Callista aphylla, Cymbidium aphyllum, Dendrobium cucullatum, Dendrobium oxyphyllum, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Nepal to S. China and Pen. MalaysiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 15 °C (USDA zone 12b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Chinese
- 四照花, 兜唇石斛
- Bangla
- পাতাহীন ডেনড্রোবিয়াম
- Japanese
- デンドロビウム・アフィルム
- Vietnamese
- Hạc vĩ
- Simplified Chinese
- 兜唇石斛
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Dendrobium aphyllum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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