Dendrobium gibsonii

"Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton is a species of orchid native to China (Guangxi and Yunnan provinces), the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, India, Assam), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam)"

Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5(56): 169 (1838).

Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton, Photo by Jeffrey Champion

its native range is Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista binocularis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Callista gibsonii (Paxton) Kuntze

Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f.

Dendrobium fuscatum Lindl.

Stachyobium aureum Rchb.f.

Vietnamese name:

Hoàng thảo gibson.

English Name:

Gibson's Dendrobium (English Orchid Collector 1800's).

Chinese name:

Qu Zhou Shi Hu - 曲轴石斛 .

Thailand name:

Ueang Kham Ta

Description: 

With centrally swollen, tapering towards the apex, pendulous, ribbed stems carrying 6 to 10, ovate to lanceolate, acute, deciduous leaves that bloom in the spring and summer on a slightly fractiflex, nodding to pendulous, 15 to 20 cm long, loosely 6 to 15 flowered inflorescence arising on older leafless canes.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam (Lào Cai, Hoàng Liên Sơn, Tây Nguyên).

Ecological:

Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests; 800-1000 m, as a large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte on mossy limestone cliffs.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:  

Shade to Bright; 1500-2500 Footcandles (indirect light,pronounced shadowing).

Temperature:

Warm, Intermediate to Cool;45°F min. to 98°F max. (tolerant of extremes,favoring warm).

Watering:

Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings).

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/627513-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627513-1

-  http://www.orchidspecies.com/dengibsonii.htm. 

- https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/5479med.jpg&PicId=5479&PicNam=Dendrobium%20-%20gibsonii

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobium_gibsonii

- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028639

- https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-dendrobium-sw-1799-31-61