Dendrobium

                                                                          Orchid

Scientific name: Dendrobium

Family: Orchidaceae

It is mostly epiphytic,or lithophytic although a few species are terrestrial.

They are sympodial herbs with cylindrical roots usually arising from the base of a pseudobulb.

Between one and a large number of resupinate or non-resupinate flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem and may be short or long-lived.

The flowers may be white,green,yellow, or pink to purple often with contrasting colours in the labellum