Dendrobium anosmum

[Bud]

This orchid plant is endemic to the lowland forest of Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua and New Guinea at elevations of around 1300 meters; yet
I have also seen this growing on trees near the beach in Hawaii.
The culture requires warm temperatures and medium amounts of light. I keep the plant outdoors in the summer in the high humid Manhattan air and feed it k-Lite fertilizer and seaweed mix weekly weakly during growth season. From fall to winter, I keep this orchid plant dry, indoors in the south facing window and withhold water until new shoots appear in spring.
I must have given it early water and fertilizer for it produced more keikis than flowers this year.
The fragrance is intoxicating early in the morning and seems to fade at mid-day….then it is strongly fragrant again late afternoon.
I acquired this from a friend two years ago with merely five long robust canes and through the years this has given me more canes and keikis fast becoming a specimen. I am looking forward to cascading pendulous fragrant flowers in the future.