Dendrobium affine

white butterfly orchid

The white butterfly orchid, a lowland tropical Dendrobium with tall cane-like pseudobulbs and sprays of up to twenty white flowers marked yellow or purple on the lip. It grows on bark in monsoon rainforest, along streams and in paperbark swamps across the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, New Guinea and northern Australia, and wants heat, bright light, a wet summer and a drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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

A bark epiphyte in rainforest, on stream banks and in paperbark (Melaleuca) swamps. These are hot, monsoonal lowlands with a long wet season and a long dry season.

No elevation is given in the sources used, and few GBIF records carry one. The habitats described are lowland.

Lesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew Guinea

🔒 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.