Dendrobium lituiflorum

bent-racemed dendrobium

Dendrobium lituiflorum is a deciduous, pendulous-caned epiphyte from the monsoon forests of northeastern India, Myanmar, northern Indochina and southwestern China. In spring it bears large purple flowers with a trumpet-shaped lip marked by a deep purple spot ringed in white. Like its relatives, it needs a warm, wet, bright summer followed by a cool, dry winter rest to flower well.

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

Epiphytic on tree trunks in broad-leaved forest. In Thailand it has been collected on trees in open deciduous forest, and in Myanmar in disturbed secondary forest. The canes hang down from the host, drop their leaves in the dry season and flower from the bare nodes.

Flora of China gives 800–1,600 m. Collections elsewhere reach down to about 130 m in the Myanmar lowlands and 250–600 m in Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.

AssamBangladeshMyanmarThailandLaosVietnamChina South-CentralChina Southeast

🔒 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.