Dendrobium gracile

Dendrobium gracile Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 91 (1830).

Dendrobium gracile Lindl., Photo by Jeffrey Champion  

its native range is W. Malesia.

Latin Name: 

Dendrobium gracile Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aporum gracile (Blume) Brieger

Callista gracilis (Blume) Kuntze

Ceraia gedeana (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem.

Ceraia gracilis (Blume) M.A.Clem.

Dendrobium gedeanum J.J.Sm.

Onychium gracile Blume

English Name:

The Graceful Dendrobium

Description: 

With pendent, basally globose, thin, elongate stems carrying spreading, linear to almost terete, channeled on upper side, decreasing in size towards the apex leaves that blooms in the spring on an apical, very short, successively single flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Borneo, Jawa, Sumatera.

Ecological:

In lower montane mossy forests at elevations of 1200 to 1700 m as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

1.3 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant can grow from cool to warm temperatures and medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During fall keep plant dry and withhold water until new shoots appear in the spring. Lightly mist plant during dormancy to prevent pseudo bulbs from shriveling. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Plant can also be mounted.

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/627542-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:627542-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/dengracile.htm.

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_gracilicaule