Dendrobium platygastrium
Rchb. f. 1878 SECTION Calcarifera
Common Name: The Broad-Bellied Dendrobium
Dried flowers of Dendrobium longicornu are
used as pickle in parts of Arunachal Pradesh. Juice of stems is consumed for
fever and boiled roots fed to livestock suffering from caughs.
Distribution
& Occurrence:
Hot to warm growing epiphyte found in New Guinea
to Vanavatu at sea level to 1200 meters
The
Plant
Small to Medium sized epiphyte with flat
and club shaped pendulous stems with zig-zag leaf sheaths with oval thin and
deciduous leaves
Blooms multiple times a year on apex of
leaf and leaf less stems with a short racemose inflorescence with 6-12 fragrant
flowers
Flower color is quite variable. Blooms from
older and newer canes
Cultural
Requirements and Nutrition
Grow in bright light with atleast few hours
of direct sunlight. Prefer to to be mounted as likes to pendulous. Water and
fertilize all around the year
Pest
and Diseases
No specific pests or disease.
Hybrids
No registered hybrids
Bloomed in Oct 2014
Blooming again in Dec 2014
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