Dendrobium scoriarum is native to the southeastern Yunnan to Guanxi provinces of China and Vietnam. In China, these plants were encountered in the west of Tengyueh (latitude 24 ° N), where they grew on rocks and on trees near the lava bearing at an altitude of about 1520 m...
Dendrobium scoriarum, also called as Dendrobium guangxiense, Dendrobium mitriferum, is a species of the genus Dendrobium. This species was described by William Wright Smith in 1921.
IDENTIFY DENDROBIUM SCORIARUM
Dendrobium scoriarum is native to the southeastern Yunnan to Guanxi provinces of China and Vietnam. In China, these plants were encountered in the west of Tengyueh (latitude 24 ° N), where they grew on rocks and on trees near the lava bearing at an altitude of about 1520 m.
It is a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte, which reaching 60 cm in height, with erect, terete, many noded, slender, 60 cm long stems carrying coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse to slightly oblique-bilobed apically, 4 cm long leaves.
This species blooms in the spring on a 1 to 2 flowered, 3 to 5mm long inflorescence arising on older leafless stems. The flowers are 1.6 cm long. The ovoid-longitudinal petal of the dorsum and the petals of the outer sickle with sickle-shaped shape are yellowish with red coloration. The lance-shaped petals of the inner whorl are pale yellowish-white. The top of the spine is bright, pink-burgundy. The flakes of both whorls are sharp. The ruff is crimson with a pale yellow center. The edges of the side plots are slightly serrated, and the top of the middle plot is hairy.
DENDROBIUM SCORIARUM 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 scoriarum needs a light level of 25000-35000 lux.
Temperature:
The average summer temperature is 23-24 ° C, the night 17-18 ° C, giving a daily difference of 6-7 ° C. The average temperature of the winter day is 17-18 ° C, night 0-2 ° C, giving a daily difference of 16-18 ° C.
Humidity:
In the summer and early autumn, this species needs the humidity of 85-90%, and at the end of winter it drops to 60-65%.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
These plants can be mounted on tree rootstocks or cork, with high humidity is ensured and watering is carried out at least once a day in summer. When growing in pots, any loose, quickly drying substrate is recommended. Repotting is best done when new roots grow.
Watering:
From late spring until autumn, the rainfall is very abundant, but it is much drier during the winter months. Dendrobium scoriarum should be constantly moist during active growth, but in the autumn when new growths reach maturity, the amount of water should be reduced.
Fertilizer:
It is recommended to apply a 1/4-1/2 dose of orchid fertilizer weekly. From spring to mid-summer, high nitrogen fertilizer should be used, and then high phosphorus fertilizer by the end of autumn.
Rest period:
In cultivation, watering and fertilization should be reduced for 2-3 winter months. Dendrobium scoriarum should dry slightly between waterings, but they can not stay dry for too long.
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