Dendrobium pendulum

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This small to large epiphyte or lithophyte is found in Hainan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam at 760 to 1600 meters in open forests. It has decurved or pendulous, olive-green stems with swollen nodes and deciduous, lanceolate leaves. Blooming from fall to spring, mainly in late winter and early spring, it produces… Continue reading Dendrobium pendulum

Dendrobium peguanum

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This mini-miniature, hot-growing lithophyte or epiphyte is found in the eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar, and Thailand at 300 to 400 meters, near streams in humid areas. It has stout, leathery, fleshy pseudobulbs with 2 to 4 deciduous, leathery leaves. Blooming in late fall after a dry spell, it produces 1 to 3 short… Continue reading Dendrobium peguanum

Dendrobium parishii

This small to medium-sized, hot to cool-growing epiphyte is found in Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, the eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam at 250 to 1700 meters in evergreen and montane forests. It has erect or downbent yellowish stems with membranous sheaths and leathery, deciduous leaves. Blooming from February to August, peaking in May and… Continue reading Dendrobium parishii

Dendrobium panduriferum

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This small to medium-sized, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found in Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, and Sabah Borneo at elevations of 250 to 600 meters. It grows high in trees with weak, grooved, cylindrical stems carrying 10 thin, lanceolate-elliptic, deciduous leaves. Blooming in spring, it produces 6 to 12 flowers on a 2.5 to 5… Continue reading Dendrobium panduriferum

Dendrobium pachyphyllum

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This miniature, hot to cool-growing epiphyte is found in Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines at elevations of 300 to 2100 meters. It grows low on tree trunks in swamps, orchards, and roadsides with bright light. It has glossy, wiry stems with two thick, fleshy, yellow-green leaves with red… Continue reading Dendrobium pachyphyllum

Dendrobium miyakei

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This medium to large-sized, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found below 300 meters in the banyan jungles of Taiwan and the Philippines, often on ficus trees. It has clustered, unbranched canes with many deciduous, lanceolate leaves. Blooming occurs in late winter to early spring, with a secondary bloom in summer and fall. Short, racemose inflorescences… Continue reading Dendrobium miyakei

Dendrobium metachilinum

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Dendrobium Merit Island

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Dendrobium mannii

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This miniature, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found in Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 900 meters. It has thin, basally narrow stems that expand and flatten above, carrying 10 to 12 fleshy, triangular, deciduous leaves. Blooming in the fall, it produces short, lateral inflorescences with… Continue reading Dendrobium mannii

Dendrobium lowii

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This medium-sized, warm-growing epiphyte is found in Sarawak, Borneo, at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters in exposed montane and heath forests. It has clumping, erect, zig-zag stems with up to nine nodes, with upper leaf sheaths covered in brown or black hairs. The plant carries up to six persistent, narrowly ovate leaves near the… Continue reading Dendrobium lowii