Native records: 3 botanical areas
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A pseudobulbous lithophyte / epiphyte of subtropical climates. Native to Australia.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Australia
- New South WalesNative
- QueenslandNative
- VictoriaNative
New Caledonia
- New CaledoniaIntroduced
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Aw Tropical, savannah
The same climate occurs in 159 areas worldwide, 156 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
rock orchid、rock-lily、wood-lily
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
Other species in Dendrobium
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
New Caledonia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Dendrobium speciosum
Doug Beckers from Killcare Heights, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · File page