Orchidaceae FAMILY

Dendrobium monticola

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dendrobium monticola is an epiphytic, evergreen, perennial plant with clusters of erect to ascending, slender, unbranched stems around 10cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, northern India, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand

HabitatLithophytic on rocks in mountain valleys, epiphytic on Rhododendron arboreum; at elevations from 1,700 - 2,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1750 Title Orchid diversity in two community forests of Makawanpur District, central Nepal Publication Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12523-12530 Author Bijaya Pant et al Website https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3516.10.11.12523-12530 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 0974-7893 Description ].