Dendrobium auriculatum

"Dendrobium auriculatum Ames & Quisumb. is native to Philippines. Plants are found in the Bulacan Province on the island of Luzon and in the Davao Province on the island of Mindanao. They usually grow on rocks and trees at an altitude of 900-1000 m"

Dendrobium auriculatum Ames & Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 49: 488 (1932).

Dendrobium auriculatum Ames & Quisumb., Photo by Nelson T. Geraldino

Dendrobium auriculatum Ames & Quisumb., Photo by José Santos da Costa

its native range is Philippines (Luzon).

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium auriculatum Ames & Quisumb.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Eared Dendrobium.

Description: 

With a simple, never branching, usually erect, smooth, greenish yellow stem carrying many, linear-lanceolate, acute leaves around the lower portion of the stem that blooms in the summer and winter on a terminal, short, single flowered inflorescence with showy flowers arising close on a leafless cane.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

Found as a large sized, warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte in the Philippines on trunks and branches of trees and on rocks at elevations of 900 to 1000 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer and winter.

Flower size:

3.5 mm.

Cultivation:

Light:  

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

Temperature: 

Intermediate to Warm; 58°F min. to 88°F max.

Watering:

Moist/Daily Watering; 4-7 waterings per week.

Type Information:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/626875-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:626875-1

https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?PicId=5507

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/01/dendrobium-auriculatum-care-and-culture.html

https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?PicId=5507