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Dendrobium compressum

Flat-stemmed dendrobium

Dendrobium compressum is a small warm-growing epiphyte from the riverine and hill forests of Southeast Asia. Its stems are narrow at the base and become flattened and blade-like towards the tip. It produces short sprays of small pale flowers from the upper nodes. It wants warm, humid, everwet conditions and moderate shade, much like other small lowland Malesian dendrobiums.

Dendrobium compressum
Photo: Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of riverine and hill forest. Herbarium labels include slopes of Gunung Gede-Pangrango in Java, the Barisan Range above Padang in Sumatra, and a dam site in South Kalimantan, Borneo. It grows on trunks and branches in humid forest, often near water.

Reported from about 300 to 1000 m. No elevations are attached to the georeferenced GBIF records.

MyanmarThailandPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraJavaBorneo

🔒 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.