Dendrobium infundibulum

Small funnel-lipped dendrobium

A large-flowered white Dendrobium of section Formosae, with black-haired stems and a funnel-shaped lip marked yellow or orange. It grows as an epiphyte in hill evergreen and elfin forest, mostly at 1200–2200 m, from north-eastern India and Myanmar to northern Thailand and Indochina. Grow it cool to intermediate and bright, with a cooler, drier winter.

Dendrobium infundibulum — Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Cool-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

An epiphyte on trunks and branches in primary hill evergreen forest, often on granite mountains, in open to partly shaded places. It is also recorded at the edges of elfin forest and on the branches of dead, leafless trees. Some records note it as common or abundant on trees in evergreen forest, and in Myanmar it grows on oaks.

Most records are 1200–2200 m, for example Doi Inthanon and Doi Sahm Meun in Chiang Mai. One old record gives about 370 m in Kanchanaburi.

India (Assam, Mizoram)MyanmarThailandLaosVietnamChina (Yunnan)

🔒 Growing it like that

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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.