Golden-Lip Dendrobium
Dendrobium heterocarpum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Golden-Lip Dendrobium
Identify Golden-Lip Dendrobium by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Golden-Lip Dendrobium.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dendrobium heterocarpum
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Philippines
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden-Lip Dendrobium itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Golden-Lip Dendrobium
A member of the Orchidaceae family, Golden-Lip Dendrobium (Dendrobium heterocarpum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and 3 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Golden-Lip Dendrobium belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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