Dichaea-like Dendrobium
Dendrobium dichaeoides
Dichaea-like Dendrobium
- Fascinating miniature orchid
- Drooping shoots, small pink flowers
- Especially suitable for cool mountain rainforest terrariums
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Description
This small orchid with a special growth habit comes from Papua New Guinea. It grows as an epiphyte on moss-covered branches in cool, damp mountain forests at an altitude of about 1500 - 2500 m. It forms more or less pendulous shoots, about 10 - 40 cm long and around 3 cm wide, which are densely covered with small, bluish-green leaves arranged in two rows. Short inflorescences develop on leafless shoots with dense racemes of 6 - 10 pink flowers, only 1 cm wide, which last for a long time.
With its attractive appearance, unusual for an orchid, Dendrobium dichaeoides is a perching plant that wants to be seen up close. It is suitable for rainforest terrariums, especially those that are cool to temperate.
Profile
| Dendrobium dichaeoides | |
| Cultivation options | Epiphytic (mounting) or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height | Pendulous shoots 10 to 40 cm long |
| Temperature | Cool to temperate, 12 - 25 °C, nightly temperature reduction by a few degrees is advantageous |
| Humidity | High, more than 60 % |
| Light requirement | Bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering | Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising | Low nutrient requirement, about once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for | Rainforest terrariums, tropical mountain forest terrariums |
| Cultivation options |
| Epiphytic (mounting) or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height |
| Pendulous shoots 10 to 40 cm long |
| Temperature |
| Cool to temperate, 12 - 25 °C, nightly temperature reduction by a few degrees is advantageous |
| Humidity |
| High, more than 60 % |
| Light requirement |
| Bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering |
| Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising |
| Low nutrient requirement, about once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for |
| Rainforest terrariums, tropical mountain forest terrariums |
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General information
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| Weight | 0,01 kg |
| Shipping weight | 0,27 kg |
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