Dendrobium brevicaudum

A pencil orchid (syn. Dockrillia brevicauda) known only from Mount Finnigan and nearby Mount Misery, north of Cairns. It has pendulous stems up to 2 m long hung with terete dark green leaves up to 60 cm long, and in December–January it carries clusters of 5–8 yellowish to orange-brown flowers streaked with red. It grows on trees and granite boulders in cool, misty rainforest and cloud forest above about 700 m.

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 rainforest trees and lithophytic on granite boulders in upland rainforest and cloud forest. The long hanging stems suggest it grows on well-lit trunks, branches and rock faces where it can hang freely, not on the dark forest floor.

Wikipedia (after Jones 2006) gives above about 700 m. The five GBIF records with an elevation sit at 1000–1040 m, on the summit plateaus of Mount Finnigan.

Queensland

🔒 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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