Dendrobium aduncum

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

{{Speciesbox

|name =

| image = Dendrobium aduncum - Edwards vol 32 (NS 9) pl 15 (1846).jpg

|image_caption=1846 illustrationMiss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 32 (NS 9) plate 15 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/243242)

| taxon = Dendrobium aduncum

| authority = Lindl. (1842)

|synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Callista adunca (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
• Dendrobium faulhaberianum Schltr. (1911)
• Dendrobium oxyanthum Gagnep. (1930)
• Dendrobium aduncum var. faulhaberianum (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)

}}

Dendrobium aduncum (the angelfish orchid or inward-bent dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Myanmar), and northern Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).{{Cite web |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=56998 |access-date= |website=wcsp.science.kew.org}}{{Cite web |title=Dendrobium aduncum in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028631 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.efloras.org}}Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.[http://www.nebio.in/neceer/NeBIO_2_1_Gogoi.pdf Khyanjeet Gogoi. 2011. Dendrobium of ‘Joypur Reserve Forest’ of Dibrugarh District of Assam, India. NeBIO (2011) Vol. 2(1):20-26]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It is an epiphyte and grows on the tree trunks of mountain forests.