Dendrobium jenkinsii Wall. ex Lindl.

"Dendrobium jenkinsii Wall. ex Lindl. is widely found in the wild in India and Southeast Asia. Its range of distribution extends to the east of northwestern India, including Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, northern Thailand, Laos and Yunnan province in southwestern China"

 Dendrobium jenkinsii Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 4, lapsu (1858).

Dendrobium jenkinsii Lindl., Photo by Yosuke Oda

Dendrobium jenkinsii Lindl., Photo by Hoàng Dương Nghĩa

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Dendrobium marseillei Gagnep.

Vietnamese name:

Tiểu điệp, Hoàng thảo vẩy cá.

English Name:

Jenkins's Dendrobium (Officer of the East India Trading Co. early 1800's).

Chinese name:

Xiao Huang Hua Shi Hu - 小黄花石斛 

Thailand name:

Ueang Phung Noi

Description: 

Growing epiphyte with clustered, branching, fusiform to ovoid-oblong, 4 ribbed, somewhat flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, terminal, thickened, leathery, rigid, oval to oblong, obtuse, notched leaves on a short to 5 cm long, arching to pendant, simultaneously 1 to 5 flowered racemes that arise from near the apex of the leafed psudobulb and carrying short-lived, wide open, honey scented flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Sơn La, Lai Châu, Tây Nguyên).

Ecological:

Open forests on tree trunks; 700-1300 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

3.1 cm.

Cultivation:

Temperature:  Hot-Cool

Light:  Moderate to Bright

Water:  Water well in summer, back off in winter

Type:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

newworldorchids.com