Dendrobium moschatum

Musky-smelling Dendrobium

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. moschatum
Binomial name
*Dendrobium moschatum* (Buch.-Ham.) Sw.
Synonyms
Epidendrum moschatum Buch.-Ham. (basionym) Cymbidium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Willd. Dendrobium calceolaria Carey ex Hook. Dendrobium moschatum Wall. ex D.Don, illegitimate Dendrobium cupreum Herb. ex Lindl. Thicuania moschata (Buch.-Ham.) Raf. Callista moschata (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze Callista calceola (Carey ex Hook.) Kuntze Dendrobium moschatum var. unguipetalum I.Barua

Dendrobium moschatum, the Musky-smelling Dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, northern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Yunnan), and Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia).

Plicatol B is a phenanthrene that can be isolated from Dendrobium moschatum.