Dendrobium dickasonii

"Dendrobium dickasonii L.O.Williams is native to Myanmar, India and Thailand. In western Myanmar, these plants were found growing on rhododendron bushes at an altitude of about 1800 m. They are also found in the Mandalay region and in the Chin Hills region"

Dendrobium dickasonii L.O.Williams, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 107 (1940).

 

Dendrobium dickasonii L.O.Williams, Photo by Kurt Keller

its native range is Assam to Thailand.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium dickasonii L.O.Williams 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista arachnites Kuntze

Dendrobium arachnites Rchb.f.

Dendrobium inversum Kraenzl. ex A.D.Hawkes

Dendrobium seidenfadenii Senghas & Bockemühl

English Name:

Dickason's Dendrobium (Orchid Collector 1900's).

Description: 

With slender to swollen, spindle-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 8, glossy, linear to elliptic-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the late winter to the early summer on a lateral, 2 to 3 cm long, 1 to rarely 3 flowered inflorescence arising from the upper nodes of an older, mature cane and carrying very large for the size of the plant, orange-scented flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, Myanmar, Thailand.

Ecological:

On Rhododendron bushes at elevations of 1500 to 1800 m as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter to the early summer.

Flower size:

6.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.

Type:

Pradhan, U.C. [27], Manipur K000943857 Unknown type material

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/627298-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627298-1

- orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_dickasonii

- travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/01/dendrobium-dickasonii-care-and-culture.html