Sign in Start free
Species library › Dendrobium › Dendrobium crystallinum
Orchids Well documented

Dendrobium crystallinum

A cane Dendrobium from monsoon forests of north-east India to southern China and Indochina, growing in the canopy and on boulders at 400-1,200 m. Its home climate has a strong monsoon rhythm, so it needs warm, wet summers and a cool, dry, bright winter to flower well.

Dendrobium crystallinum
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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 the canopy of primary evergreen and seasonal hardwood-bamboo forest, and an epiphyte or lithophyte on granite boulders in mixed evergreen and pine forest, often in fairly open or partly shaded places, including along streams.

GBIF specimens with elevations run 400-1,200 m; the measured climate sites lie between about 450 and 1,480 m.

AssamBangladeshCambodiaChina South-CentralHainanLaosMyanmarThailandVietnam

🔒 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

Grow Dendrobium crystallinum? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Dendrobium

Dendrobium bigibbum Dendrobium nobile Dendrobium phalaenopsis Dendrobium kingianum Dendrobium canaliculatum Dendrobium moniliforme Dendrobium bracteosum Dendrobium unicum Dendrobium regium Dendrobium taurinum Dendrobium speciosum Dendrobium tetragonum All 1696 →

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.