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Dendrobium brymerianum

Dendrobium brymerianum
Photo: Elena Gaillard, CC BY 2.0

Dendrobium brymerianum is an epiphytic orchid that grows on tree trunks in subtropical forests of southwest China, northeast India and mainland Southeast Asia. It is best grown mounted or in an airy orchid mix with bright light and a clear dry rest period.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while actively growing, then reduce to a light misting in the dry rest period so pseudobulbs don't shrivel.
Soil
Free-draining orchid bark or mounted on cork or wood, not dense compost.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Sikkim to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China
Climate
subtropical

About

Dendrobium brymerianum (Brymer's dendrobium) is a species of orchid. It is native to Yunnan, Assam, and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam). It grows on tree trunks.

Other Dendrobium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrobium brymerianum 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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