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Dendrobium jenkinsii

Dendrobium jenkinsii
Photo: Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , G. Barclay sc., Public domain

Dendrobium jenkinsii is a pseudobulbous epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from the eastern Himalayas, southern China and northern Indochina. Grow it mounted or in a loose orchid mix with bright light, a dry rest after growth, and good air movement.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while pseudobulbs are growing, then reduce sharply during the cool dry rest period.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining orchid mix or bark, or mounted on a slab or branch.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China
Climate
subtropical

About

Dendrobium jenkinsii, the Jenkins's dendrobium, is a species of orchid. It is native to southern China (Yunnan), the eastern Himalayas (Bhutan, Assam) and northern Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar).

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 jenkinsii 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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