Dendrobium nakaharae Schltr.

Dendrobium nakaharaei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 169 (1906).

Dendrobium nakaharaei Schltr., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is N. Thailand, S. Vietnam, Taiwan.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium nakaharaei Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Epigeneium nakaharae (Schltr.) Summerh.

Vietnam name:

Thượng duyên, Lan môi

English Name:

The Waxen Flower Epigeneium

Chinese name:

Tai Wan Hou Chun Lan - 台湾厚唇兰.

Description: 

With many-angled, creeping, obliquely ovate pseudobulbs carrying a single, terminal, coriaceous, oblong to ovate, dark green, lustrous leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a terminal, short, 1 to 2.5 cm long, single flowered inflorescence with short-lived, slightly fragrant, waxy flowers that is subtended by a brown basal sheath.

Distribution:

Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Ngọc Linh, Kon Plông, Kon Tum).

Ecological:

This miniature sized, hot to cold growing epiphytic orchid is endemic in the central mountain range in broad leaved forests at elevations of 300 to 2400 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall and winter.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright; 2500-3500 Footcandles (very bright indirect light) 

Temperature:

Cool, Intermediate to Warm; 40°F min. to 95°F max.(tolerant of extremes,favoring cool).

Watering:

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

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/628075-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:628075-1

- orchidspecies.com/epinakerii.htm. 

- efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250092805

- andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/2892med.jpg&PicId=2892&PicNam=Epigeneium%20-%20nakaharae