Dendrobium pulchellum

"Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb. is widely distributed in India and south-east Asia. Natural habitats include Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Manipur regions, and Khasi (Khasia) and Naga Hills in Northeast India. These plants occur at an altitude of 1500-2200 m."

Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 63; Fl. Ind. iii. 486.

Dendrobium pulchellum
Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb., Photo by Yosuke Oda

its native range is Nepal to Peninsula Malaysia.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium pulchellum Roxb.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista pulchella (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Kuntze

Dendrobium brevifolium Lindl.

Dendrobium moschatum Griff.

Vietnamese name:

Lộng lẫy

English Name:

The Charming Dendrobium.

Thailand name:

Ueang chang nao - Ueang takwai

Description: 

With erect, rather slender, terete, purplish with age, to 200 cm long stem enveloped by purple-striped leaf sheaths and carrying persistent, linear-oblong, cordate at base, obtuse or acute leaves that blooms from late winter to spring on a drooping, 2 to 30 cm long, several flowered inflorescence which are borne laterally from nodes near the apex of leafed and leafless canes and have 5 to 15, long-lasting, fragrant flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam (Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and along the Truong Son range.).

Ecological:

At elevations of 70 to 2200 m as a large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte in open deciduous forests.

Flower size:

13.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant requires cool to intermediate temperatures and medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter reduce watering until new shoots appear but do not allow plant to dry out. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/628361-1

- orchidspecies.com/denpulchellum.htm. 

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:628361-1

- orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_pulchellum

- travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/02/dendrobium-pulchellum-care-and-culture.html

- thuocdongduoc.vn

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