Tiny Dendrobium
Dendrobium nanum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
- Flowering
- July-April
How to identify Tiny Dendrobium
Identify Tiny 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 leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tiny Dendrobium.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dendrobium nanum
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leaves are 3 or 4, 3 x 1.2 cm, lance-shaped-elliptic.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tiny Dendrobium itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Tiny flowers are borne in racemes up to 8 cm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tiny Dendrobium itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tiny Dendrobium
A member of the Orchidaceae family, Tiny Dendrobium (Dendrobium nanum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to April.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Tiny Dendrobium belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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