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Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.
Dendrobium crumenatum, commonly called pigeon orchid, [2] or 木石斛 (mu shi hu) [3] is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is native to Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Christmas Island. It has two rows of leaves along its pseudobulb and relatively large but short-lived, strongly scented white flowers. It usually grows in ...
Dendrobium trilamellatum, commonly known as the fragrant tea tree orchid or large tea tree orchid, [2] is a species of epiphytic orchid found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It has spindle -shaped pseudobulbs , between three and seven leathery, dark green leaves and between three and fifteen yellow, yellowish brown or brown flowers with a ...
Dendrobium smillieae, commonly known as the bottlebrush orchid, [2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with large, spongy pseudobulbs, thin, bright green leaves which are shed after their first year and crowded flowers in a bottlebrush-like arrangement. The flowers are white, to cream-coloured or pink and the labellum has a
Dendrobium sect. Breviflora ... Plants in this section have pendulous tall slender stems that are swollen towards the apex. Plant blooms on a inflorescence with 3-10 ...
Dendrobium section Herbacea is a ... Plants in this section have pseudobulbs with multiple linear branching deciduous stem with leaves on the terminal branches with ...
Dendrobium antennatum is an epiphytic orchid with cylindrical, yellowish green pseudobulbs 300–600 mm (10–20 in) long and 20–25 mm (0.8–1 in) wide. There are between eight and twelve egg-shaped leaves 80–140 mm (3–6 in) long and 30–40 mm (1–2 in) wide on the upper two-thirds of the pseudobulb.
Some species orchids like Phalaenopsis pulchra frequently produce keikis, which flower while still attached to the mother plant. If a new plant is not desired, the keiki can be removed at any time. Removing the entire inflorescence after flowering is complete can prevent the production of keikis and result in a "tidier" appearance for the plant.