Dendrobium hercoglossum Rchb.f.

Description:  Found in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests and primary montane forests at elevations of 50 to 1200 meters on trees along streams as a large sized epiphyte with slender, subclavate, clustered stems that are almost totally enveloped by leaf sheaths and carrying distichous, linear-lanceolate, obtusely and unequally bilobed apically leaves that flowers in spring though winter on a short to 1 1/2", axillary, 2 to 8 flowered raceme that arises from the nodes at or near the apex of the leafless or leafy stems with waxy, flat, showy, slightly fragrant flowers. Water and fertilizer should be reduced for 2 to 3 months in the winter and resumed only with the onset of new growth in the spring.

Photorights: Sok Vichea 2016

• Size:  slender stems that are 20-35 (-57) cm long and 7 mm in diameter,  two-ranked leaves that are 5-10 cm long and 4-11 mm wide, The showy flowers of Den. hercoglossum are 2.5 cm across,  
• Collector/Witnesses:  Marpha Telepova Texier
• Year Collected:  2009
• Growing Media:  wood/pot
• Flowering Period:  April - May.
• Color:  rosy pink to bright magenta sepals and petals,  lip is white, tinged with green or cream with mauve or magenta at the apex. The surface of the pouch-like lip is finely pubescent. The contrasting anther cap is dark purple to magenta.
• Water:  1 – 2 time daily
• Light:  partial shade
• Temperature:  12 - 28៓C

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