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Dendrobium bensoniae

Benson's Dendrobium

A deciduous cane Dendrobium (section Dendrobium) from the monsoon forests of northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand, grown for its white flowers with a yellow lip marked by two dark maroon eyes. Like its relatives it grows hard through a warm, wet summer and then needs a cool, bright, much drier winter to drop its leaves and set flowers on the bare canes in spring.

Dendrobium bensoniae
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

An epiphyte on tree trunks and branches in moist lowland to submontane forest, including monsoon-deciduous and hill forest; one herbarium label from Chin State, Myanmar, records it in 'mossy forest'. Deciduous host trees and the dry season mean the plants sit in fairly bright light for much of the year.

Recorded at about 450 to 1550 m; herbarium specimens from Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar, were collected at about 1070 to 1370 m.

India: Assam, Manipur, MizoramBangladeshMyanmarThailand

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✓ 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 CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.