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Orchids Partly documented

Dendrobium gibsonii

A cane-type Dendrobium from the eastern Himalaya, southern China and northern Indochina, bearing pendent sprays of orange-yellow flowers with two dark maroon spots on the lip. It grows on trunks in evergreen forest under a monsoon climate. Warm, wet summers and a cooler, drier winter rest are the keys to flowering.

Dendrobium gibsonii
Photo: 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

It is an epiphyte on tree trunks and branches. Collectors record it at forest margins, in evergreen forest along streams, and in open, wet, mossy evergreen broadleaf forest in northern Vietnam.

GBIF records with elevations mostly fall between about 675 and 1625 m. A few records at 3000–4000 m are probably errors or coarse locality estimates.

China (Yunnan, Guangxi)NepalBhutanIndia (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam)MyanmarThailandLaosVietnam

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✓ 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.