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Dendrobium chryseum

A yellow-flowered cane Dendrobium (with D. aurantiacum and D. denneanum among its synonyms) from 1,700-2,600 m in montane broadleaf forest from the Himalaya to south-central China and Taiwan. It is a cool-growing epiphyte from a monsoon climate: grow it warm and wet in summer and cool and drier in winter.

Dendrobium chryseum
Photo: M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854-1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), Public domain, 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

Epiphytic on tree trunks in broadleaf montane forest. In Taiwan it is sacred to the Tsou people, who use it to decorate the roofs of their men's meeting houses.

1,700-2,600 m, which puts it in cool-intermediate conditions.

Himalaya (Nepal to Assam)MyanmarThailandVietnamSouth-central ChinaTaiwan

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.