Dendrobium unicum Seidenf

Description:  A nice miniature plant that likes to be wood mounted and needs warm conditions through the summer growth season but cool to warm and drier in the winter and spring and has clustered, small stems carrying 2 to 3, apical, narrow, persistent leaves and blooms in the later spring and early summer on axillary, short [1 to 2"], raceme that arises from near and at the apex of leafed and leafless canes with up to 4 fragrant flowers. It is found in evergreen, in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of 800 to 1550 meters and is found on rocks and small bushes.
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Photorights: Cedric Jancloes

  • Size:  Flowers are about 3cm across.
  • Collector/Witnesses:  Cedric Jancloes (CJ495)
  • Year Collected:  2013
  • Growing Media:  wood/pot
  • Flowering Period:  February - may
  • Color:  orange red sepals and petals, lip creamy yellow with reddish brown veins and three ridges callus along the center.
  • Water:  1 time daily
  • Light:  medium sunlight
  • Temperature:  22-36 °C