Dendrobium uniflorum

"Dendrobium uniflorum Griff, (1851) orchid is a species of the Dendrobium genus. It is native to the Malesia and Southeast Asia regions, in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra."

Dendrobium uniflorum Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 305 (1851).

Dendrobium uniflorum
Dendrobium uniflorum Griff., Photo by Manote Quahphanit

its native range is Indo-China to W. & Central Malesia. 

Latinh Name: 

Dendrobium uniflorum Griff.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Dendrobium elephantinum Finet

Dendrobium quadrisulcatum J.J.Sm.

Dendrobium tonkinense De Wild.

Distichorchis angusta (Quisumb.) M.A.Clem.

Distichorchis elephantina (Finet) M.A.Clem.

Distichorchis quadrisulcata (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.

Distichorchis uniflora (Griff.) M.A.Clem.

English Name:

Single Flowered Dendrobium.

Vietnamese name:

Hoàng thảo nhất hoa.

Description: 

With erect, grooved, swollen stems that are often marked with red stripes carrying many, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, distichous, twisted basally, deciduous leaves that are apically bilobed and all lie in a single plane , occuring at elevations of 100 to 700 meters often in full sun, that blooms in the winter, spring and summer and fall with a single flower that arises rom the nodes of leafless canes with heavy textured, longlasting flowers. A steady water and fertilizer regimen suits this orchid well.

Distribution:

Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (Hương Thuỷ, A Lưới, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Nha Trang, Tây Nguyên, Đồng Nai).

Ecological:

At elevations around 300 to 1600 m in evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter, spring and summer and fall.

Flower size:

3.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant grows in warm to hot temperatures with full sun light. Keep consistent watering year round. Keep the media moist but not wet. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.

Type:

Feb 1, 1989 Beccari, O. [3696], Sarawak K001085011 isotype

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