Dendrobium formosum

Giant-flowered dendrobium

One of the largest-flowered Dendrobium in the black-haired section Formosae, with upright canes covered in dark hairs and white flowers up to about 12 cm across with a yellow-orange lip throat. It ranges from the Himalayan foothills to Thailand and the Andaman Islands, and it likes warm, bright, humid summers with a cooler, drier winter.

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 on trees in lowland to lower montane forest. Detailed microhabitat notes were not available in the sources we could open.

The few GBIF records with an elevation fall between about 280 and 1000 m, with a median of about 550 m.

NepalBhutanNortheast IndiaBangladeshMyanmarThailandVietnamAndaman Islands

🔒 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.