dendrobium with red stems/foliage?

[greengarden]

Can anyone help me. I bought a dend on ebay a couple of years ago and attached it to a tree at my property and then promptly lost the tag .

It has maroon coloured new growth all over it (it is in a reasonable amount of shade where it is). I believe it was a species as opposed to a hybrid. Might be a Queensland native but not positive on that as it was sent to me by someone up north after cyclone Yasi.

Any suggestions?

[cbuchman]

Maybe contact the person who sent it to you?

[greengarden]

I can't because their details are no longer on my ebay history and I can't for the life of me remember who they were. It's done really well on growth this spring so I'm hoping next year it will flower and that might shed some light on things.

[WhiteRabbit]

A pic may or may not help, but it's worth a try if you can post one

[Gazpacho]

I've been looking for one of these. The stems are kind of crimson (like the colour on the orchid board banner) The leaves are standard colours though. My friend has one. It's very robust. She has it hanging on her fence Sth coast NSW where it gets afternoon sun! She said that they flower in a deep pink colour. I saw one like it today in a nursery but it had very tall stems.... A big pot full... Not for sale! Grrrr.

Gaz

Ps... I have a plant tagged den. speciosum that is kind of like it... But I have a hunch people call them that when they don't know what it really is....

[greengarden]

Definately not a kingianum. You shouldn't have trouble finding one of those though, they are very common, I have dozens of them floating around in various colours.. The stems of hers would be darker due to afternoon sun, mine seems to simply grow red even in the shade.

Mine is the taller type canes(like a soft cane type but I think this one is a hard cane)

[Bloomin_Aussie]

A pic would really help. Could be kingianum but I suspect if it came from QLD may be something else. What sort of size are the canes?

[greengarden]

It's definately not kingianum, know that one well.

Similiar growth pattern to biggibum, just deep red. I'm happy to get a pic it's just down at my property, not where I live so I have to do it when I head there in the next few days.

[greengarden]

Just found a clue! Doing some googling and found a reference that suggested that biggibum var. compactum commonly gets deep red on the leaves and stems. Maybe this is my answer... The growth type certainly suits and the older canes are about the right length for this species, plus it occurs in the right area for where the person who gave it to me lived. I'll still take a piccy for you guys incase anyone has any other ideas but it might be a wait and see now for next years flowers.

[Bloomin_Aussie]

Hmmm... possible if it is only new growths that have that colour. On bigibbum, once the canes mature, the bract covering the outside dries up and makes them look white.