Dendrobium moniliforme

{{short description|Species of orchid from Asia}}

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| taxon = Dendrobium moniliforme

| authority = (L.) Sw.

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• Epidendrum moniliforme L. (basionym)
• Epidendrum monile Thunb.
• Limodorum monile (Thunb.) Thunb.
• Callista moniliformis (L.) Kuntze
• Dendrobium monile Kraenzl.
• Epidendrum moniliferum Panz.
• Dendrobium japonicum (Blume) Lindl.
• Ormostema albiflora Raf.
• Dendrobium castum Bateman ex Rchb.f.
• Callista japonica (Blume) Kuntze
• Callista stricklandiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
• Dendrobium heishanense Hayata
• Dendrobium taiwanianum S.S.Ying
• Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lindl
• Dendrobium spathaceum Lindl.
• Callista candida (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
• Callista spathacea (Lindl.) Kuntze
• Dendrobium yunnanense Finet
• Dendrobium zonatum Rolfe
• Dendrobium wilsoni Rolfe
• Dendrobium heishanense Hayata
• Dendrobium kosepangii C.L.Tso
• Dendrobium kwangtungense C.L.Tso
• Dendrobium nienkui C.L.Tso
• Dendrobium crispulum Kimura & Migo
• Dendrobium taiwanianu S.S.Ying
• Dendrobium tosaense var. chingshuishanianum S.S.Ying
• Dendrobium moniliforme var. malipoense L.J.Chen & Z.J.Liu

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Dendrobium moniliforme, known as Shihu in Chinese and Sekkoku in Japanese, is a species of orchid. It is native to Japan, Korea, China, the Himalayas, and northern Indochina.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=58431 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028647 Flora of China v 25 p 381, 细茎石斛 xi jing shi hu, Dendrobium moniliforme (Linnaeus) Swartz, Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2. 6: 85. 1799. ]

Dendrobium moniliforme is the type species for the genus Dendrobium.http://www.orchidspecies.com/denmoniliforme.htm IOPSEhttp://www.aos.org/orchids/orchids-a-to-z/letter-d/den-sec-dendrobium.aspx AOS: Dendrobium Sec. Dendrobium

In 17th century Japan, royalty used it to perfume clothing.{{Cite book|title=Orchid Fever|last=Hansen|first=Eric|year=2000|publisher=Methuen Publishing Ltd|location=London|ISBN=0413747409|page=62}}