This is the Dendrobium primulinum variant where the lip is white, sepals and petals are pink/lavender. This orchid plant usually blooms in winter all through summer with 3 inches fragrant flowers.
Plant is found on deciduous trees in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan China and Vietnam at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters.
I give this intermediate to warm temperatures with light on the west facing window and I water it every other day by drenching it under the sink and feed it K-lite fertilizer with seaweed mix weekly weakly during warmer months of growth season. I give this proper winter rest (starting December 15th) by putting it on a brighter shaded light and holding water and fertilizer until new shoots appear (spraying the roots only if I notice the canes shrivel ).
I grow this in a six inch wooden basket lined with coconut fiber where I carefully anchored the base of the canes making sure not to disturb the fine roots too much and sprinkled with well-draining mix of medium fir bark, sponge rock, charcoal, coco chips and tree fern shards.
Dendrobium primulinum
Threaded Mode
