Dendrobium densiflorum

"Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall. is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid, native to Asia. It has club-shaped stems, three or four leathery leaves and densely flowered, hanging bunches of relatively large pale yellow and golden yellow flowers."

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). 1: 34 (1830).

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall., Photo by Home Pongyaeng

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall., Photo by José Santos da Costa

its native range is Central Himalaya to Hainan.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Callista densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze

Dendrobium clavatum Roxb.

Dendrobium densiflorum var. clavatum Rolfe

Dendrobium schroederi B.S.Williams

Endeisa flava Raf.

Epidendrum dumunsuttu Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.

Vietnamese name:

Thuỷ tiên vàng, Thủy tiên mỡ gà.

English Name:

The Densely Flowered Dendrobium

Chinese name:

Mi Hua Shi Hu- 密花石斛 .

Description: 

With erect, tufted, 7 to 12 noded, obscurely 4 angled, fusiform or clavate, 30 cm long stems with each node half covered by a white sheath and carrying 3 to 5, towards the apex, elliptic or ovate, persistent, acute leaves that blooms from the late winter through spring on pendant, 20 cm, cylindrical, densly flowered racemes with honey scented, short-lived flowers that arise from nodes at or near the apex of the pseudobulb.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam (Sơn La, Lai Châu, Tây Nguyên).

Ecological:

As a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte, on moss covered trunks or branches of trees at altitudes of 1100 to 1830 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms from the late winter through spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Warm

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: High

Humidity: High

Fertilizer: Monthly

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/627283-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627283-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/dendensiflorum.htm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobium_densiflorum

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028637

https://www.ecuagenera.com/Dendrobium-densiflorum-var-luteo-alba/en

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