Hancock's Dendrobium
Dendrobium hancockii
Hancock's Dendrobium
- Tall, bamboo-like orchid
- Golden yellow, honey-scented flowers
- Epiphyte, lithophye or bottom plant
- Optimal for temperate subtropical terrariums
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Description
This orchid comes from central and southern China, Myanmar and northern Vietnam. It grows in the mountains up to 2200 m altitude, in humid, warm-temperate to subtropical climates, as an epiphyte on tree trunks or attached to rocks (lithophyte). The bamboo-like stems, which are the pseudobulbs and covered with narrow leaves up to about 7 cm long, grow from a rootstock with adhesive roots. On short side shoots 1 - 2 golden yellow, honey-scented, up to 4 cm wide flowers appear, in nature in early spring.
Dendrobium hancockii comes into its own in terrariums with its tall, bamboo-like shoots not only as a percher but also as a ground plant. This Far Eastern orchid is best suited to subtropical terrariums with drier, cooler periods in winter.
Profile
| Dendrobium hancockii | |
| Cultivation options | Epiphytic (mounting), on rock or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height | approx. 15 - 30 (- 80) cm |
| Temperature | Cool to temperate; lowering the temperature at night and keeping them cooler and drier in winter is an advantage |
| Humidity | High, over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement | Bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering | Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising | Once a week orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for | Rainforest terrariums, subtropical humid forest terrariums |
| Cultivation options |
| Epiphytic (mounting), on rock or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height |
| approx. 15 - 30 (- 80) cm |
| Temperature |
| Cool to temperate; lowering the temperature at night and keeping them cooler and drier in winter is an advantage |
| Humidity |
| High, over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement |
| Bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering |
| Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising |
| Once a week orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for |
| Rainforest terrariums, subtropical humid forest terrariums |
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