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Dendrobium cerinum

A little-documented epiphytic Dendrobium from Luzon in the Philippines, described by Reichenbach in 1879. Its name means 'waxy' or 'wax-coloured', after its flowers. It has also been placed in the segregate genus Eurycaulis. Almost nothing about its wild habitat has been published, so the care below is based on warm-growing Philippine dendrobiums in general.

Dendrobium cerinum
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No detailed habitat records were found. Like most Luzon dendrobiums it is presumably an epiphyte on trees in humid forest. The one Luzon specimen with a locality is from Rizal Province, east of Manila, which has foothill and lowland forest.

No elevation is recorded for Luzon specimens. The Rizal locality suggests lowland to foothill forest, probably below about 1000 m.

Philippines: Luzon

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.