Author: Benjamin

This medium-sized, hot-growing epiphyte is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra, Bali, Borneo, and Queensland, Australia, at elevations of 100 to 300 meters in riverine forests. It has fleshy, cane-like stems with thin, acute, deciduous leaves arranged in two ranks. Blooming in spring and summer, it produces a short inflorescence with 2 to 3… Continue reading Dendrobium stuartii

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This large epiphyte grows in Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea at elevations under 600 meters, thriving on trees and rocks in open forests near rainforest edges. It has slender, fusiform stems covered in thin sheaths, with oblong or lanceolate, twisted or curved leaves. Blooming in winter and spring, it produces a densely flowered raceme,… Continue reading Dendrobium smillieae

This small to medium-sized epiphyte is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra at elevations of 1300 to 1600 meters in lower montane forests. It grows in cool conditions with clustered canes that are slender at the base, round in the middle, and elongated at the apex. The plant carries 4 to 8 widely spaced,… Continue reading Dendrobium setifolium

This medium to large, semi-pendulous epiphyte is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, and the Philippines at elevations up to 700 meters. It has stout, tapered, sulcate stems with persistent, bilobed leaves. Blooming from late summer to late spring, it produces a 12.5 cm inflorescence from last year’s… Continue reading Dendrobium secundum ‘Red’

This medium to large epiphyte grows in Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, and Borneo, found on roadside trees from sea level to 900 meters. It has thick, purple, pendulous stems with evergreen or sometimes deciduous leaves that are reddish or purple when young. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces a short raceme with 2 to 6… Continue reading Dendrobium sanguinolentum

This medium to large epiphyte grows in hill and lower montane forests of Malaysia, Sabah, Borneo, and Sumatra at 800 to 1100 meters. It has branched stems with closely set, overlapping, compressed green to red-tinged leaves that taper into sheaths. Blooming in spring, fall, and winter, it produces a short, single-flowered inflorescence on the leafless… Continue reading Dendrobium rosellum

This epiphyte, ranging from small to large in size, is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu from sea level to 1150 meters in coastal lowlands and montane forests. It has cylindrical to spindle-shaped, erect, curved, or pendulous stems with silvery sheaths and dark green, lanceolate, deciduous leaves. Blooming mainly… Continue reading Dendrobium purpureum ‘alba’

This large, warm-growing, pendant epiphyte is found in Assam, the eastern and western Himalayas, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan (China), and Vietnam at 500 to 1000 meters on deciduous trees, requiring at least 3 hours of direct sunlight daily. It has clustered, ascending, prostrate, or pendulous sulcate stems covered in white sheaths. Blooming… Continue reading Dendrobium primulinum

This small, warm to cool growing epiphyte is found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, India, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam at 700 to 1800 meters in open forests. It has 15 to 30 cm long, pendant, ridged pseudobulbs with purple stripes and six deciduous, leathery leaves. Blooming in late winter and spring,… Continue reading Dendrobium polyanthum