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Amethyst-colored Dendrobium

Dendrobium amethystoglossum

Amethyst-colored Dendrobium
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0

Dendrobium amethystoglossum is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from northern Luzon in the Philippines, grown as an ornamental for its amethyst-colored flowers. It needs bright light, warm humid conditions, and a free-draining mount or bark mix, with a rest period after flowering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, reduce in the cooler rest period, and avoid water sitting in the growths.
Soil
Coarse orchid bark or mounted on cork or wood; never dense potting soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines (N. Luzon)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dendrobium amethystoglossum, the amethyst-colored dendrobium, is a species of orchid endemic to the Island of Luzon in the Philippines but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.

Other Dendrobium plants

Noble Dendrobium · Dendrobium plicatile · Dendrobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrobium amethystoglossum 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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