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Dendrobium bullenianum

A Philippine Dendrobium with long, pendulous, cane-like stems up to about a metre, which lose their leaves and then carry dense clusters of small orange-and-red striped flowers along the bare canes. It is a warm lowland epiphyte, needing heat, humidity and bright light, with a slightly drier spell after the canes mature.

Dendrobium bullenianum
Photo: Raabbustamante, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

An epiphyte in lowland and hill forest, with long canes hanging from branches. Detailed microhabitat notes were not available in the sources we could open.

Recorded up to about 1000 m on Luzon and Mindoro; the single GBIF record with an elevation is at about 300 m.

PhilippinesVietnam

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.