Red-spotted Dendrobium
Dendrobium rhodostictum
Red-spotted Dendrobium
- Rather small orchid with large flowers
- Long flowering period
- White flowers with purple-red markings
- Fragrant
- Epiphyte for tropical rainforest terrariums
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Description
Dendrobium rhodostictum is an enchanting orchid from Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. It grows in tropical montane rainforests at altitudes of 800-1200 metres as an epiphyte on trees or terrestrially on steep, damp, moss-covered slopes. The approximately 10-20 cm tall plant has a short rhizome with many adhesive and aerial roots and a cluster of elongated pseudobulbs, each with 1 to 4 leathery, dark green leaves up to about 8 cm long at the top. Around spring to late summer, a short to 7.5 cm long, upright to overhanging peduncle with 3 - 8 flowers appears at the tip of a pseudobulb. These are approx. 5 cm wide, waxy, white, with purple-red lines and dots on the lip.
The Red-spotted Dendrobium is a beautiful terrarium plant that combines rather small, compact growth with large, beautifully shaped flowers. It is particularly recommended as a perching plant for tropical rainforest or mountain forest terrariums, on epiphyte branches and trunks, on rocks or on back and side walls.
Profile
| Dendrobium rhodostictum | |
| Cultivation options | Epiphytic or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height | approx. 10 - 20 cm |
| Temperature | About 16 - 28 °C; lowering the temperature by a few degrees at night is an advantage |
| Humidity | High, more than 60 % |
| Light requirement | Moderately bright, semi-shady |
| 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 | Low nutrient requirement, about once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for | Tropical lowland or montane rainforest terrariums |
| Cultivation options |
| Epiphytic or pot culture with orchid substrate |
| Growth height |
| approx. 10 - 20 cm |
| Temperature |
| About 16 - 28 °C; lowering the temperature by a few degrees at night is an advantage |
| Humidity |
| High, more than 60 % |
| Light requirement |
| Moderately bright, semi-shady |
| 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 |
| Low nutrient requirement, about once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for |
| Tropical lowland or montane rainforest terrariums |
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