| I think this may be the cause of the mix up:
"Interesting one, a quick search on Kews database, reveals that there is one accepted Dendrobium amabile (Dendrobium amabile (Lour.) O'Brien, Gard. Chron., III, 46: 393 (1909)) and one that is not accepted (Dendrobium amabile Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 505 (1910), nom. illeg.) but which instead is synonymous to D. furcatum (Dendrobium furcatum Reinw. ex Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 13 (1859). " |