Dendrobium agathodaemonis

[bethmarie]

Awesome! I'd not heard of this Dendrobium before your post. Is it as challenging to grow in warmer climes as cuthbertsonii?

[ronaldhanko]

Hi Bethmarie,
It's considered by some to be a synonym of D. cuthbertsonii and requires similar growing conditions. If anything it is probably a bit touchier about growing conditions because the growth are much less robust than D. cuthbertsonii, i.e., very thin and wiry.

[Island Girl]

Wow! That is stunning!!! it's amazing how much bigger the flower is compared to the plant! Boy I wish I could grow some of these cooler growers! Maybe some day.... Until then, I'll have to "settle" (ha!) for your pics!

Seriously tho, you always have the most amazingly beautiful pictures! I am currently trying to teach myself how to do photography as well as you, & a couple other members, do.. Hopefully I can make y'all proud! Lol

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks for the kind comments, Mary Linn. I look forward to seeing your pictures.

My efforts are the result of 35 years of photography, so I have a bit of headstart, I guess.

[Bud]

Beautiful scarlet color....the flower is way bigger than the plant....at quick glance it looked like a rosebud

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Bud. The flowers not only dwarf the plant, but last six to eight months. It's closely related to D. cuthbertsonii.

[euplusia]

Never heard of this species. I would have confounded it with cuthbertsonii, what I probably did in the past. Amazing long lasting huge flowers compared to the dwarf plant.

[ronaldhanko]

The growths are thin and wiry rather than the pseuobulbous growth of D. cuthbertsonii and the flowers lack the dark markings on the lip that that species has.