Dendrobium wardianum

A deciduous, cane-forming Dendrobium from the monsoon mountains of Assam, Yunnan, Myanmar and northern Indochina. Its pendulous canes drop their leaves in autumn and flower from the bare nodes in late winter and spring with large white, magenta-tipped flowers. The key to growing it is a wet, warm summer followed by a bright, cool and almost dry winter rest.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on tree trunks and branches in seasonally dry montane and submontane forest, where it hangs from well-lit branches. Detailed field notes could not be checked for this profile.

No elevation data were available. It is generally described as a plant of moderate elevations in the monsoon mountains, roughly 1,000–2,000 m, but this is an estimate.

AssamEast HimalayaBangladeshSouth-central China (Yunnan)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 CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.