Dendrobium pulchellum is widely distributed in India and south-east Asia. Natural habitats include Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Manipur regions, and Khasi (Khasia) and Naga Hills in Northeast India. These plants occur at an altitude of 1500-2200 m...
Dendrobium pulchellum also called as The Charming Dendrobium, Callista pulchella, Dendrobium brevifolium, Dendrobium dalhousieanum, Dendrobium moschatum, is a species of the genus Dendrobium. This species was described by William Roxburgh ex John Lindley in 1832.
IDENTIFY DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM
Dendrobium pulchellum is widely distributed in India and south-east Asia. Natural habitats include Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Manipur regions, and Khasi (Khasia) and Naga Hills in Northeast India. These plants occur at an altitude of 1500-2200 m. In Myanmar, they are found in the regions of Moulmein, Kachin Hills, near Toungoo, Mergui and in the area of Inle lake. In Thailand, they are found in rare deciduous forests at heights of 230-1400 m. There are also reports of their occurrence in Laos and Vietnam, and in Malaysia.
It is a large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte, which reaching 60-220 cm in height, with erect, rather slender, terete, purplish with age, to 200 cm long stem enveloped by purple-striped leaf sheaths and carrying persistent, linear-oblong, cordate at base, obtuse or acute, 10-20 cm long leaves.
The Charming Dendrobium blooms from late winter to spring on a drooping, 2 to 30 cm long, several flowered inflorescence which are borne laterally from nodes near the apex of leafed and leafless canes and have 5 to 15, long-lasting, fragrant flowers. The flowers are 8-13 cm in diameter. Their coloring varies; they may be white, lemon yellow with pink wisps, apricot, copper-orange or reddish. The edges often have a contrasting color. The lip is usually creamy-white, sometimes with scarlet wisps. It has a bucket shape, is covered with hairs, curled along the shore and has 2 large blood-red or chestnut spots in the throat.
DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM 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 pulchellum needs a light level of 30000-45000 lux. Partial shading is required from spring until autumn, but the light level should be as high as possible, which the plant can tolerate without leaf burns. The strong air movement throughout the year is very important.
Temperature:
The average temperature of the summer day is 27-28 ° C, night 20 ° C, giving a daily difference of 7-8 ° C. In spring, the average day temperature is 31-34 ° C, the night 14-21 ° C, and the daily difference is 10-19 ° C. In winter, the average day temperature is 26-30 ° C, night 10-12 ° C, giving a daily difference of 15-19 ° C.
Humidity:
In the summer until the beginning of autumn, The Charming Dendrobium needs the humidity of 80-85%, but in the winter period of 2 months it drops to almost 55%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Dendrobium pulchellum mounted on cork or tree fern rootstocks favors their sometimes dangling cut. Then, however, it is necessary to ensure high humidity and summer watering at least once a day. If it is not possible to mount the plants, you can use hanging pots or baskets filled with loose, quickly drying substrate. Repotting can be carried out at any time as soon as new roots grow actively. When repotting, do not remove old shoots, because each of them repeats flowering for up to three years.
Watering:
The plants must be constantly moist during the growing season for 6 months from spring to early autumn, but when new growths reach maturity in autumn, the amount of water should be gradually reduced.
Fertilizer:
It is recommended to use a 1/4-1/2 dose of orchid fertilizer weekly. High-nitrogen fertilizer should be used from spring to mid-summer, and high-phosphorus from mid-summer to the end of autumn.
Rest period:
A cool, dry rest is necessary to initiate flowering, but it probably does not have to be as long as the natural habitats. The minimum resting period for Dendrobium pulchellum should last for 3 weeks. In winter, they should dry out between waterings, but they can not stay dry for too long. In the period of 1-2 months at the end of winter, however, the amount of water should be further reduced and limited to the occasional morning fogging.
It is an easier kind of Dendrobium species to take care of in a tropical country like here in the Philippines! Much like the hybrid Dendrobium Gatton Sunray AM/AOS... Love this kind of Dendrobium species (Dendrobium pulchellum and Dendrobium pulchellum var. album)
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