<p>SECTION Formosae TYPE for the Section
</p><p>Distribution: C. Himalaya to Indo-China (40 ASS BAN EHM IND NEP 41 AND MYA THA VIE)
Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte
</p><p>Homotypic Synonyms:
Callista formosa (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
</p><p>Heterotypic Synonyms:
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Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum W.Bull, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 175 (1864).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/25064784@N00">sunoochi</a> from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/snotch/48952464393/">[Sindhuli, Nepal] Dendrobium formosum Roxb. ex Lindl. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 34 (1830)</a>