Dendrobium faciferum is native to Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas and Sulawesi. hey grow on old mangroves and trees in littoral woodlands, riverbeds, lakesides and flood plains at elevations of sea level to 350 meters.
Dendrobium faciferum, also called as The All Facing Dendrobium (refers to the flowers upright stature), Ceraia facifera, is a species of the genus Dendrobium. This species was described by Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1908.
IDENTIFY DENDROBIUM FACIFERUM
Dendrobium faciferum is native to Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas and Sulawesi. hey grow on old mangroves and trees in littoral woodlands, riverbeds, lakesides and flood plains at elevations of sea level to 350 meters.
It is a medium to large sized, hot growing epiphyte, which can reach a height of 100 cm, with slender to robust, stiffly erect, greyish brown, greenish yellow striped, swollen below, canelike above, 100 cm long stems that branches towards the apex and carrying many, lanceolate, shortly and unequally bilobed apically, fleshy, shiny above, darker below, 8-9 cm long leaves with dirty violet sheaths.
The All Facing Dendrobium blooms on numerous, 2 to 5 flowered, sessile inflorescence arising from near the apex of mature leafy and leafless canes. The flowers are 1.3 cm long. Bright, yellow to orange flowers have a sharpened, oval-ovoidal dorsal petal, triangular lateral outer petals and oval petals of inner whorl. The spur is long. The 3-segment lip is split at the apex and has straightened side plots.
DENDROBIUM FACIFERUM CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Dendrobium faciferum needs a light level of 18000-30000 lux.
Temperature:
The average temperature throughout the year is 29-31 ° C, night 23-24 ° C, giving a daily difference of 6-8 ° C.
Humidity:
The All Facing Dendrobium needs an average humidity is 80-85% in summer and early autumn, but in winter it drops to 65-70%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Dendrobium faciferum can be grown mounted on cork pads if high humidity is ensured and summer watering is carried out at least once a day. When growing in pots, use any loose and airy substrate. Repotting is best done in spring when new growths appear.
Watering:
From spring to autumn, water is very abundant, but during the winter months it is very dry. During the growing season plants should never dry up completely, but at the end of autumn the amount of water should be reduced.
Fertilizer:
Weekly 1/4-1/2 doses are recommended. From spring to mid-summer should be used fertilizer enriched with nitrogen, and then until the end of autumn fertilizer enriched with phosphorus.
Rest period:
In the winter the daily difference temperature slightly increases, and the precipitation for a period of 2 months is very small. In cultivation, reduce the amount of water and allow Dendrobium faciferum to dry between watering. However, they can not stay dry for too long. Fertilization can be reduced or eliminated if the plants do not grow actively.
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