Dendrobium nutans
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- March-May
How to identify Dendrobium nutans
Identify Dendrobium nutans 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: March-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dendrobium nutans.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dendrobium nutans
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tripura, Bihar, Ladakh, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-May
- 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 Dendrobium nutans itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ऑर्किड
- Tamil
- ஆர்க்கிட்
- Telugu
- ఆర్కిడేసి
- Nepali
- सुनखरी / सुनगाभा
- Sinhala
- උඩවැඩියා
About Dendrobium nutans
Dendrobium nutans belongs to the Orchidaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 28 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Dendrobium nutans belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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