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Dendrobium bicameratum

A Himalayan and Indo-Burmese Dendrobium with slender, cane-like stems and short sprays of small, yellowish flowers with brown markings. The measured sites have a warm, very wet monsoon summer and a cool, nearly rainless winter. Plants need a bright, drier winter rest to flower well.

Dendrobium bicameratum
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-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

It grows as an epiphyte on trees in subtropical broadleaf forest in the Himalayan foothills and the hills of northeast India and Myanmar.

Few records carry an elevation. The measured temperatures fit foothills around 1000–1800 m.

NepalIndiaEast HimalayaAssamBangladeshMyanmarThailandChina South-Central

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.