Dendrobium section Formosae is a section of the genus Dendrobium.

Description Plants in this section have long pseudobulbs with black hairs on their leaf sheaths. Pseudobulbs bloom with 1-3 flowers and have three lobes at the apex of the lip.

Distribution Plants from this section are found from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Borneo.

Species Dendrobium section Formosae comprises the following species: Image Name Distribution Elevation (m) Dendrobium ayubii Sumatra Dendrobium bellatulum China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (Champasak) and Vietnam (Dak Lac, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan) Dendrobium bostrychodes Borneo (Kalimantan) Dendrobium cariniferum China (Yunnan), India (Assam), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (Bolikhamxai, Phongsali, Vientiane) and Vietnam (Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum, Lam Dong) Dendrobium carmindae Philippines (Mindanao) Dendrobium chapaense Vietnam (Lai Chau, Lao Cai). India, China (Yunnan) Dendrobium christyanum Vietnam (Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Nghe An, Ninh Thuan), Thailand, China (Yunnan) || Dendrobium cruentum Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Dendrobium daklakense Vietnam (Kontum, Dak Lak) Dendrobium dearei Borneo and the Philippines(Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao) Dendrobium deleonii Philippines (Mindanao) Dendrobium draconis Cambodia (Kampong Speu, Kampong Thom, Steung Treng), Laos (Attopeu, Champasak, Savannakhet, Vientiane), Vietnam (Da Nang, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong). NE India, Myanmar, Thailand Dendrobium erythropogon Borneo Dendrobium formosum India (Sikkim, Assam), Bangladesh, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Dendrobium igneoniveum Sumatra Dendrobium infundibulum Laos (Xiangkhouang). Vietnam (Lam Dong), India, Myanmar, Thailand. Dendrobium jerdonianum India and Sri Lanka Dendrobium kontumense Laos (Borikhamxai, Khammouane, Vientiane), Vietnam (Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Thua Thien Hue), Thailand Dendrobium lasioglossum New Guinea Dendrobium longicornu Vietnam (Cao Bang, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Nghe An, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Phuc). Bhutan, Nepal, India (Assam), Myanmar, China(Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan) Dendrobium lowii Borneo (Sarawak) Dendrobium lueckelianum Thailand Dendrobium luteolum Myanmar and Malaysia Dendrobium multilineatum Laos (Kham Mouan and Xaisomboun) Dendrobium ochraceum Vietnam (Gia Lai, Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Thu Thien-Hue) Dendrobium ovipostoriferum Borneo Dendrobium parthenium Borneo (Sabah) Dendrobium radians Borneo (Sarawak) Dendrobium roseiodorum Vietnam Dendrobium sanderae Philippine (Luzon) Dendrobium sarmentosum Myanmar Dendrobium scabrilingue Cambodia (Kampot), Laos (Vientiane), Myanmar, Thailand. Dendrobium schuetzei Philippines(Mindanao) Dendrobium sculptum Borneo Dendrobium senile Laos (Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Vientiane, Xiangkhoang). Vietnam (Dien Bien). Myanmar, Thailand. Dendrobium singkawangense Borneo Dendrobium sinsuronense Borneo (Sabah) Dendrobium spectatissimum Borneo (Sabah ) Dendrobium sutepense Thailand and Myanmar Dendrobium suzukii Vietnam (Lai Chau, Lam Dong) Dendrobium tobaense Sumatra Dendrobium toppiorum Borneo (Sabah) Dendrobium trankimianum Vietnam (Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong) Dendrobium trigonopus Laos (Khammouan, Vientiane), Vietnam (Dien Bien, Lam Dong, Son La). Myanmar, China (Yunnan), Thailand Dendrobium virgineum Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Dendrobium vogelsangii Sulawesi Dendrobium wattii Vietnam (Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan), India, Myanmar, Thailand, China Dendrobium williamsonii Laos (Phongsali), Vietnam (Cao Bang, Da Nang, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Son La, Vinh Phuc). India (Assam), Myanmar, S. China Dendrobium xanthophlebium Myanmar and Thailand

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