Dendrobium aduncum

Angelfish orchid

An epiphytic Dendrobium from monsoon mountain forests of southern China, the eastern Himalaya and northern Indochina. It has slender pendulous canes 50–100 cm long and short sprays of pale pink flowers with a white, hairy, hooked lip, often borne on leafless older canes. It follows the monsoon: warm, wet growth in summer, then a cooler, drier winter that helps it flower.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on tree trunks in mountain forests. Its pendulous canes hang from trunks and larger branches in broadleaf evergreen and semi-deciduous monsoon forest, where the bark dries quickly between rains.

Flora of China gives 700–1000 m. The 13 GBIF records with an elevation span 13–950 m, median 518 m, so it also occurs well below the published range, especially in Hainan and Vietnam.

Southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan)Eastern Himalaya and AssamBangladeshMyanmarThailandLaosVietnam

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.