Dendrobium Spectabile Orchid

It is a collector s orchid. The flowers are alien looking.

Dendrobium Spectabile Orchids Plants Garden

Charles and margaret baker in their book orchid species culture.

Dendrobium spectabile orchid. Dendrobium is a diverse genus of orchids with different cultural needs. These plants are grown together and we had to cut them apart. Dendrobium indicate that both of these plants would grow well in rather high light in intermediate to warm conditions mid 80s during the day with a 10 to 20º f drop at night.

Dendrobium spectabile is an orchid species identified by blume miq. Some species of dendrobium orchids have water storing pseudobulbs meaning they can go 2 weeks between waterings. Buy orchids dendrobium spectabile v.

These are very large plants and both sizes are in spike when listed as so in our in spike in bloom section. Flowers can last one day to many weeks depending on the type. Allow the top 1 inch 2 5 cm of the soil to dry before re watering.

Specimen plants can reach heights over 3 feet. Dendrobium spectabile orchid societies around the country are gearing up for their late winter and early spring shows. Yellow form of the species.

From papua new guinea and the solomon islands at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters although it is most often from 300 to 500 meters. If you only want pretty there are many less expensive dendrobium from which to chose. Dendrobium orchids can store water and are more tolerant of dry soil than overly wet soil.

Dendrobium spectabile is native to new guinea bougainville solomon islands and vanuatu. Many go through a growth phase and then a rest phase during the course of one year and must be given water and temperature to match these periods of growth and rest. They grow on trees in swampy lowland forests in mountain forests of the lower floor or on coconut tree plantations on casuarina trees from sea level up to 1100 m.

You will receive a plant with cut roots but they re very nice plants. Dendrobium spectabile plants are blooming size 4 pots but need to be moved to 6 8 pot. Moisture is consistent throughout the year with some dryness in winter months.

In higher parts they grow on the ground in dense mosses and peat. But if you want different and one that will turn heads this is it. Dendrobium spectabile here is an orchid you will either love or hate.

This orchid is found from paupua new guinea and the solomen islands. Water them every 1 2 weeks. One plant that always draws a crowd is dendrobium spectabile a naturally occurring species from australia papua and new guinea that was discovered in 1849.

Blooming size plants some beginning to spike comparable in size to the plants pictured.

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