Dendrobium ochraceum

"Dendrobium ochraceum De Wild. is native to Northern Vietnam. For the first time, these plants were encountered in the Tonkin region, which covers the entire area now known as Northern Vietnam..."

Dendrobium ochraceum De Wild., in Tribune Hortic. i. 41 (1906).

Dendrobium ochraceum De Wild. Photo by Chu Xuan Canh

its native range is N. Vietnam.

Latinh Name: 

Dendrobium ochraceum De Wild.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Vietnamese name:

Cánh sét; Hoàng thảo hương thơm, Hoàng thảo vạch đỏ.

English Name:

The Ochre-Colored Dendrobium.

Description: 

With an erect, thin, cylindrical, slightly sulcate stem carrying several, oblong, unequally bilobed apically, all held in one plane leaves and have sheaths covered in brown hairs that blooms in the spring on a 3 to 5 cm long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

In Vietnam (Kon Ha Nừng, Gia Lai, Kon Tum).

Ecological:

At elevations near 500 m as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

3 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are grown in warm conditions in diffused light. Water regularly in the summer and give a 3 to 4 week resting period in winter. During resting period withhold watering and mist the bulbs lightly to prevent them from shriveling about once a week. Plant is best mounted or grown in medium fir bark.

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