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Orchids Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Dendrobium plicatile

A widespread Asian orchid better known to growers as Flickingeria fimbriata, with a creeping, much-branched habit, golden compressed pseudobulbs each bearing one leathery leaf, and small, fringe-lipped flowers that last only about a day. It grows on tree trunks and rocks in forest from the Himalaya and southern China to the Philippines and Indonesia. Give it warm to intermediate temperatures, bright shade, high humidity and a mount or basket where its branching stems can spread.

Dendrobium plicatile
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on tree trunks in forest, and sometimes a lithophyte on rocks in forest. It forms large, branched clumps of pendulous or ascending stems.

Flora of China gives 700–1700 m in China. The 17 GBIF records with elevation run from 200 to 1250 m, median 600 m, so across its whole range it also occupies warmer, lower forest.

AssamBorneoCambodiaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastEast HimalayaHainanIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNicobar Is.Philippines

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.