A Spectacular Dendrobium
 

Den. Hawaiian Spectacular 'Mauna Kea' is one of the oldest plants in my collection. The plant is more than 20 years old. The plant won the Best Dedrobium at the Aiea Orchid Show beld June 12-14, 2009. This is one plant with two tall stalks bearing large white flowers. The stalks are 45 inches tall. The flowers have a natural spread of 4-1/2 inches.

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Wonderful. Such a great display of flowers :cheer:

WoW! beautiful! Congratulations

Such a Dendrobium, it is very nice !

Congrats Mel, I remember seeing this one too! It looks great!

Hi Mel,
It is fantastic! Congratulations on your award! You deserve it! :cheer:

Absolutely marvelous...how do you grow this one? Would love to hear your cultural conditions

WOw, what a beauty, thanks!!

It's a beauty! Congrats!

Holy cow, that is truly amazing!!! 45", that's just shy of 4 feet tall!! I've never seen one like that in person, but surely it would make my eyes water. Congratulations, that is truly a prized plant!!

WOW!!!

spectacular certainly suits this plant!! it is a beauty! thanks for posting it!!

The plant is grown with my other dendrobiums and cattleyas under 50% shade screen. It is in a wooden basket with diatomite rock as the media. The plant blooms in June. The tall stalks need to be reinforced with wooden stakes or they will bend down from the weight of the flowers. I keep the plant under a roof when the flowers open to protect them from the rain. The flowers will last for about a month. The plant is an old mericlone. I have not seen others around.

A Spectacular Dendrobium
 

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Truly beautiful, so many flowers!
Congrats on your award.