Dendrobium fleckeri
A small cane-type Dendrobium from the misty upland forests of far north Queensland, bearing up to four apricot to yellowish-green flowers from August to January. It grows on trees, shrubs and boulders where cloud keeps the air wet and cool. Treat it as a cool to intermediate grower that must never be kept hot and stagnant.
Where it grows wild
Epiphytic or lithophytic on trees, shrubs and boulders in mist forest on the high peaks and ranges of the Wet Tropics. Mist forest on these summits is often stunted and wind-exposed, so plants get more light than in lowland rainforest, and cloud keeps them wet much of the year. Pseudobulbs are cylindrical, 15–40 cm long, with two or three dark green leaves.
Measured records span 31–1622 m with a median of 1080 m; the low records are few and most plants sit in the upland mist zone above about 800 m.
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