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Dendrobium delacourii

A small lowland Dendrobium from Indochina, Thailand, Myanmar, Assam and Bangladesh, described by Guillaumin in 1924. It grows in hot seasonally dry forest with a heavy summer monsoon and a dry, sunny winter. Grow it warm and bright, and give it a clear dry winter rest.

Dendrobium delacourii
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 dk, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat description was reachable. Records are from lowland monsoon country, where small dendrobiums of this type grow as epiphytes in open, seasonally dry forest.

Recorded at 13–200 m (3 records); climate sites span about 13–590 m.

AssamBangladeshCambodiaLaosMyanmarThailandVietnam

🔒 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-SA 2.5 dk licence, unmodified.