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Dendrobium albosanguineum

Dendrobium albosanguineum
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865), Public domain

Dendrobium albosanguineum is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Southeast Asia, grown for its white and blood-red flowers. It does best in bright, airy conditions with a distinct cool, drier rest period to encourage flowering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while actively growing, then reduce sharply during the winter rest period, letting the medium dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining epiphytic mix of bark chips, perlite or sphagnum, or mounted on wood or cork.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Bangladesh to Thailand
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dendrobium albosanguineum (white and blood-red dendrobium) is a species of orchid, native to Thailand and Myanmar.

Other Dendrobium plants

Slender Cane Orchid · Dendrobium aduncum · Ironbark orchid · White butterfly orchid · Buttercup orchid · Dendrobium amabile · Dendrobium amboinense · Amethyst-colored Dendrobium · Dendrobium amplum · Dendrobium angulatum · Unscented Dendrobium · Antelope orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrobium albosanguineum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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