What Dendrobium is this?
 

Hi Everyone

Can you tell me what Dendrobium this is? I bought it here in Bangkok yesterday. I am told it is hard to kill and lasts for ages.:biggrin:

Brett

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...5/Orch2701.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...215/Orch34.jpg

ummm...a really pretty one?!?! :)

I'm not sure of the variety of that Dendrobium, but i can confirm that it is a hardy plant IF you don't over water it.

Looks like you have it inside? They also love to have a lot of sun too.

Oh wow! That one is beautiful!

I don't know which one that is but it's very pretty !

Maybe it is D. Plasticii :biggrin:

Brett

I was about to say !!! That plant is not alive. It's a silk imitation or so it looks like one to me.

Thais in Bangkok are making them out of a ceramic polymer like this one now. Yes, many look almost real. It depends on the artist. I had a Laelia Purpurata Var. Werkhauserii made 3 years ago for a friend, and next to the real thing from 6 feet it was hard to tell it was fake. Closer and you can see the parts are a bit thicker.

Sadly, I went to the same seller requesting a harlequin phalaenopsis recently and they couldn't pull it off. The shape was perfect, but not the right colouring.

I think this dendrobium is a copy of a Thai species. I'd like to know what one. I will post the website for the maker tomorrow - they have other pics.

Sorry for joking around with you guys... I was waiting for someone too catch me out.

Brett

:rofl: that is exactly what my frist thought was :rofl:

it IS pretty :D

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Probably would of caught me except it was found out before I posted :rofl: