Dendrobium stratiotes

{{Short description|Species of dendrobium}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

|image=Dendrobium stratiotes Orchi 001.jpg

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chadburn, H. |author2=Schuiteman, A. |date=2019 |title=Dendrobium stratiotes |volume=2019 |page=e.T119257497A119263193 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T119257497A119263193.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Dendrobium

| species = stratiotes

| authority = Rchb.f.

| synonyms =

• Callista stratiotes (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
• Ceratobium stratiotes (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

| synonyms_ref = {{GBIF |id=5316574 |taxon=Dendrobium stratiotes |accessdate=21 August 2021}}

}}

Dendrobium stratiotes is an epiphytic orchid (family Orchidaceae) native to the rainforests of New Guinea. It is especially noteworthy for having the longest lasting flowers of any plant, individual flowers at Kew Gardens in Surrey, near London, having remained fresh for as long as nine months.{{cite book | editor-last= Haywood | editor-first= V.F. | date=1992 | title= Flowering Plants of the World | location=New York | publisher= John Wiley and Sons | page=217 (Table 5–32) }}Correspondence with P. Francis Hunt of Thames Polytechnic , Dartford, Kent, England.