Really nice little miniature den with good blooming habits. Puts out a single flower at a time but sequentially so there is a bloom for a very long period of time.
Bloom history:
6/10/12 still blooming 8/4/12
7/15/13
Vendor:
Orchid Mania
Quantity:
1
Price:
10.00
Growing notes:
Plant blooms at anytime of the year with a single 2.5 cm wide flower. Plant is found in the primary forest of Southern Vietnam and southeastern Thailand at elevations around 650 meters
Plant grows in warm temperatures with medium amounts of light. Keep plant moist and fertilize during growth season. During winter withhold watering until new shoots appear. Grow in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Plant can be mounted.
--- second opinion ---
Common Name The Few Leafed Dendrobium
Flower Size 1" or less [2.5 cm]
Found in southern Vietnam and southeastern Thailand in evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests at elevations around 650 meters as a miniature, hot growing epiphyte with cylindrical, clustered, stems that are leafy in the upper half carrying 2 to 8 , distichous, 2 pointed leaves that can flower at most any time of the year on a 1 to 2 1/2" [2.5 to 6.25 cm] long, axillary, inflorescence with 1 to 4, longlasting flowers.
Water only enough to keep the canes from shriveling in the winter months and curtail fertilizer until new growth emerges in the spring.
Purchase place:
At the nursery
Purchase date:
Sun, 2011-06-05
Awards:
Blue - September 2013