Dendrobium Orchids

Dendrobium is one of the biggest groups (genus) in the Orchidaceae family. The genus Dendrobium was etablished in 1799 by Olof Peter Swartz. Dendrobium orchids are mostly endemic to Asia (South, East, Southeast), but also to Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays the Dendrubium genus contains about 1200 species. The abbreviation in horticultural trade is: Den.

Dendrobium hercoglossum Rchb. f. 1886 is, as compared with other Dendrobium orchids, a small flowered (2,5 cm), epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Indochina and South East Asia. Dendrobium hercoglossum orchids are found in varieties of different tones, from intense violet to pastel violet and there are also albino plants (Dendrobium hercoglossum var. alba), with Read More »

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Dendrobium alexandrae Schltr. 1912

In the early days of his last expedition the German botanist Rudollf Schlechter met Alexandra Sobennikoff, the daughter of a russian tea trader and named the spectacular Dendrobium alexandrae Schltr. 1912 orchid in honour to her. After the end of the journey Rudollf Schlechter and Alexandra Sobennikoff got married. The beautiful, epiphytic Dendrobium alexandrae is Read More »

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The Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich collected the beautiful yellow flowered Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. 1830 orchid in Nepal in the year 1820 and was sending the plant to Liverpool Botanic Garden.The Dendrobium fimbriatum orchid has been primarily described by William Jackson Hooker the first director of Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. The epiphytic Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. 1830 Read More »

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Dendrobium tuananhii Aver. 2004 is an epiphytic growing, miniature orchid species native to Vietnam, discoverd in 2002 by the Vietnamese orchid enthusiast and collector Tran Tuan Anh. In 2003 Holger Perner described the very rare Dendrobium species as Dendrobium trantuanii Perner & X.N.Dang 2003, just one year later Leonid Averyanow described the same species as Read More »

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Dendrobium anosmum Lindl. 1845

Dendrobium anosmum Lindl. 1845 is a very large-sized, epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Thailand (called: Ueang Sai Luang), Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. The big, highly fragrant and very beautiful Dendrobium anosmum flowers get a size up to 8-10 cm across. Flowering period: February - April. Flowers are born from the Read More »

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