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Dendrobium convexum

piggyback orchid

A small creeping epiphyte (often still sold as Flickingeria convexa) with shiny, squat pseudobulbs, each bearing one leaf, strung along a rhizome. It grows in mangroves, humid scrub and lowland rainforest from Myanmar and Thailand through Malesia and New Guinea to north-eastern Queensland. Its small cream flowers with a red-and-yellow lip last less than a day and appear sporadically through the year.

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
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on rough-barked trees in mangroves, humid scrub, forest margins and rainforest. The brittle rhizome creeps and branches, forming mats with widely spaced pseudobulbs 40–50 mm long.

Lowland plant. Only three records carry an elevation (450–600 m); much of the range, including the mangrove sites, is near sea level.

JawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNew GuineaQueenslandSumateraThailand

🔒 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.