Dendrobium hekouense
A tiny epiphytic Dendrobium described in 2011 from Hekou in south-eastern Yunnan, and later found in northern Vietnam. Each plant has small pseudobulbs and relatively large, single flowers that open from leafless bulbs in late summer. It grows on the underside of branches in foggy subtropical forest, so it wants cool-intermediate temperatures, very humid air and frequent watering in summer.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte in subtropical montane evergreen forest that is wrapped in dense monsoon fog from April to October. It grows on the ground-facing side of trunks and branches, where rain cannot collect in the downward-facing flowers.
Reported at about 1000–2000 m.
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