Dendrobium longicornu
A cane-stemmed epiphytic Dendrobium from the eastern Himalaya, southern China and northern Indochina, where it grows on tree bark in subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest at about 900–2,300 m. Most observations are of flowering plants in autumn. It is a cool-to-intermediate grower that expects a warm, wet monsoon summer and a cool, drier winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on tree trunks and branches in subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest in the mountains, including primary forest, disturbed secondary vegetation and limestone forest.
Herbarium specimens range from about 875 to 2,300 m, mostly 1,200–2,300 m; Vietnamese records are lower (875–1,450 m) than those from Yunnan (1,830–2,300 m).
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