Dendrobium aloefolium

Dendrobium aloefolium is Reichenbach's 1861 spelling of the orchid better known as Dendrobium aloifolium, a lowland epiphyte of section Aporum from Southeast Asia with stems clothed in small, fleshy, laterally flattened leaves that overlap like a miniature aloe, and tiny whitish flowers. It grows in hot, humid lowland forest and on shaded rocky cliffs, so it wants warm, bright-shaded, humid conditions all year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Records under this spelling include rocky cliffs in partly shaded secondary forest on a hill summit in Songkhla, Thailand, rocks in the Penang Waterfall valley and lowland forest in Penang, Sumatra, Singapore and Sabah. It grows on trees and on shaded rocks.

Mostly lowland; one Thai record gives 400 m.

CambodiaThailandMalayaSumateraBorneo

🔒 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.