Dendrobium sulcatum

Furrowed-lip dendrobium

An epiphytic Dendrobium that grows on tree trunks in dense forest, from the eastern Himalaya and Yunnan through northern Indochina. Like its relatives in the Densiflora group, it grows in the warm monsoon summer and meets a cooler, drier winter. Little is published on its wild conditions, so the targets here follow that monsoon pattern.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on tree trunks in dense forest. No published habitat notes beyond that were found, and the herbarium records checked carry no habitat text.

No elevation data was found in the sources checked; none of the herbarium records seen give an elevation. The targets assume a warm to intermediate foothill forest.

Eastern Himalaya (Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan)Southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi)MyanmarThailandLaosVietnam

🔒 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.