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Dendrobium uniflorum

A small, clumping epiphytic Dendrobium from Southeast Asia and western Malesia, with thin, leafy, semi-pendulous stems carrying fleshy pointed leaves and single flowers. Herbarium records put it from lowland peat swamp and mangrove up to mossy montane forest at about 1,800 m, so it is best treated as a warm-to-intermediate grower that needs humidity all year.

Dendrobium uniflorum
Photo: Raabbustamante, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows on trees in a wide range of forests: peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, mangrove on Basilan, hill and montane dipterocarp forest in the Crocker Range, and mossy dwarf forest on Mount Poi and in Gunung Mulu at 1,400-1,830 m. One Philippine record is from moss on soil in ultramafic upper montane forest.

From near sea level (mangrove and peat swamp) to about 1,830 m; many Bornean records are from 900-1,800 m.

ThailandVietnamPeninsular MalaysiaBorneoPhilippinesSumatraSulawesi

🔒 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.