Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T.White

"Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T.White is native to Northeast of Australia. They are found in the southeastern part of the Cape York peninsula between the Johnston and Annan rivers in rain forests on mountain peaks at an altitude of 800-1500 m, where abundant dew, fog and low clouds are common."

Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T.White, Queensland Naturalist x. 25, 50 (1937).

Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T.White, Photos by Pedro Spínola - Orquídeas Madeira

its native range is N. Queensland.

Latinh Name: 

Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp & C.T.White

Synonym:

Thelychiton fleckeri (Rupp & C.T.White) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Tropilis fleckeri (Rupp & C.T.White) Butzin

English Name:

Flecker's Dendrobium (Australian Orchid Collector 1900's)

Australia name:

Apricot Cane Orchid.

Description: 

with erect to nearly pendulous rugose with age, apically leafy canes with thin, ovate leaves and blooms in the late winter through early summer on a 1 to 2 cm long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence which emerge from the apical nodes of the stem and carries a few [to 3], spicely fragrant flowers.

Distribution:

Queensland.

Ecological:

In rainforests near mountain tops at elevations of 800 to 1500 m in patchy forests with mist, dew, fogs and low clouds are common as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or at higer elevations a miniature sized lithophyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter.

Flower size:

7.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Keep plants in a cool area with medium amounts of light. Plant should be grown in a well drained potting mix or mounted on cork or tree fern. Water regularly in the summer and reduce watering in the winter by occasionally wetting the plant.

LIGHT/LOCATION: shady

TEMPERATURE: cool (10 - 16 °C)

WATERING: Pour every 7 days

FERTILIZATION: once a month

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