Dendrobium crepidatum

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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|name = Shoe-lipped dendrobium

|image = Dendrobium crepidatum.jpg

|image_caption=1856 illustrationWalter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) - Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 83 ser. 3 nr. 13 tab. 5011

|taxon = Dendrobium crepidatum

|authority = Lindl. & Paxton (1850)

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|synonyms =

• Dendrochilum roseum Dalzell (1852)
• Dendrobium lawianum Lindl. (1859)
• Callista crepidata (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze (1891)
• Callista lawiana (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
• Dendrobium actinomorphum Blatt. & Hallb. (1921)

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Dendrobium crepidatum (shoe-lipped dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Guizhou, Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (India, Assam, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bangladesh), and northern Indochina (Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=57500 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242317248 Flora of China v 25 p 380, 玫瑰石斛 mei gui shi hu, Dendrobium crepidatum Lindley & Paxton, Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1: 63. 1850]Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.