Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
A cane-type Dendrobium from the eastern Himalaya, Yunnan and the mountains of northern Indochina, famous for dense, hanging clusters of white flowers with a golden-orange lip in spring. It grows as an epiphyte in seasonal monsoon forests at middle elevations, so it needs a wet, warm summer and a cooler, much drier winter to flower well.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on tree trunks and branches in evergreen and semi-deciduous montane forest, in a monsoon climate with heavy summer rain and a cool, dry winter. Plants sit in bright, broken light on well-ventilated bark where roots dry quickly after rain.
Generally reported from middle elevations of roughly 1000–1800 m. The few GBIF records with elevations (800 m and 1643 m) fit this; one record at 11 m is almost certainly a cultivated plant or a georeferencing error.
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