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.

The highly fragrant Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindl. 1856 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Vietnam, India (Assam), Bangladesh and the Himalayas. The beautiful purple flowers last up to about 2 weeks and get a size of about 5 cm in diameter. Flowering period: February - March. In Thailand the Read More »

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Dendrobium Black Spider Hybrid

Dendrobium Black Spider is a Dendrobium hybrid, a cross breeding from Dendrobium goudii (seed parent) and Dendrobium Halawa Beauty (pollen parent). Our Dendrobium Black Spider is even more cross breeded, but after a lot of research work, we failed to identify the parents. We found that magnificent Dendrobium hybrid in Kamthieng Market, Chiang Mai …

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Dendrobium palpebrae Lindl 1850

Dendrobium palpebrae Lindl. 1850 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Laos, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Himalayas. The plant grows at elevations from 800 to 2500 meters and the beautiful white Dendrobium palpebrae flowers with golden yellow papillae are higly fragrant. The scent is reminescent of apples. Flowers get a Read More »

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The beautiful Dendrobium Samurai orchid is a primary orchid hybrid from a cross breeding of Dendrobium stratiotes x Dendrobium antennatum. We stumbled upon this outstanding orchid, while we did photographic works in an orchid shop at the Kamthieng Flower Market in Chiang Mai / North Thailand. The shop, which we been in, is a branch Read More »

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Dendrobium miyakei Schlechter 1919 (Dendrobium goldschmidtianum) is an epiphytic growing Dendrobium orchid species, native to Taiwan and the Philippines. The orchid beauty has been named by the German botanist Rudolf Schlechter in honour of the Philippine orchid enthusiast Miyasaki. The beautiful flowers gets a size of about 1,25 cm and the large sized orchid is Read More »

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