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.
In Thailand the epiphytic growing Dendrobium secundum (Blume) Lindl. 1828 orchid species is called Ueang Praeng Si Fhun, which means Tooth Brush orchid. The beautiful Dendrobium secundum orchids are native to Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines. Inflorescences get lengths up to about 15 cm and are Read More »
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Dendrobium canaliculatum R. Br. 1810 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, found in New Guinea and Australia. The cute and fragrant Dendrobium canaliculatum flowers reach a size of just about 2,5 cm in diameter and are born on erect inflorescences, densely packed with lots of tiny flowers. Flowering period: Winter - Spring. Dendrobium canaliculatum Read More »
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Dendrobium cymboglossum J.J. Wood & A.L. Lamb 1994 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Borneo. Flowers reach a size of about 3,5 cm. Flowering period: Summer. Dendrobium cymboglossum orchids are protected by CITES Appendix II (trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival). The tropical orchid requires a cool to warm, …
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Dendrobium setifolium Ridl.1896 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, endemic to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The small, about 1,2 cm sized, flowers don´t open well and are short-living. Flowering period: December © Orchids-Flowers.com Image: Dendrobium setifolium Ridl.1896 Photographer: Kitisak “Nat” Jaidee
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Dendrobium suzukii T.Yukawa 2002 is an epiphytic growing orchid species from Vietnam. It´s not a 100 % clear, if this beauty is a hybrid as it has never been found in the wild, but Dendrobium suzukii is listed as an orchid species. Dendrobium suzukii looks like Dendrobium cruentum, but the flowers are much bigger. …
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Dendrobium christyanum Rchb. f. 1882 is an epiphytic miniature orchid species,
found in North and Northeast Thailand, North Vietnam and South China…
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Dendrobium Yashiga Fantacy is an orchid hybrid,
commonly sold in orchid shops in Thailand.
Even as we have a few of this orchid beauties
in our tropical garden, we couldn´t find out which orchids are the parents…
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Dendrobium unicum Seidenf. 1970 is a colourful miniature orchid species native to Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Vietnam. The bright orange Dendrobium unicum flowers look quite similar to Dendrobium lamyaiae Seidenf. 1996, with the exception that the lip of Dendrobium unicum is straight-lined, while Dendrobium lamyaiae is curly. The fragrant Dendrobium unicum flowers …
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The epiphytic Dendrobium oligophyllum Gagnep.1950 orchid species
is a miniature orchid found in South Vietnam and South Thailand…
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Dendrobium delacourii Guill. 1924 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The tropical miniature orchid has been named by the French botanist André Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin (1885-1974) in the year 1924 in honour to the American ornithologist Jean Théodore Delacour (1890-1985). In Thailand the Read More »
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The epiphytic Dendrobium linguella Rchb. f. 1882 orchid species
is endemic to Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia…
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Dendrobium indivisum (Blume) Miq. 1859 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. The very small, yellow flowers with some purple-red stripes reach a size of just about 0.5 - 0.8 cm and are best viewed with a magnifying glass or a macro lens. Flowering period: Read More »
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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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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, lithophytic or terrestrial …
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Lemonia (Ravenia spectabilis)
Bulbophyllum orectopetalum
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Blume & Rchb. f. 1860
Epidendrum ciliare (Coilostylis ciliaris)
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Dendrobium infundibulum Lindl.1859
Paphiopedilum insigne
Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
Phalaenopsis Golden Beauty
Paphiopedilum parishii
Hoya megalaster
Vandachostylis Thai Sky
Phalaenopsis violacea fo. coerulea Christenson
Oceanblue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica)
Buddha’s Lamp (Mussaenda philippica var. aurorae)
Hoya waymaniae Kloppenb.1995
Brassia Eternal Wind “Summer Dream”
Phalaenopsis × valentinii
Hoya carnosa white
Cattleya Tainan City
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet