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Long-horned Dendrobium

Dendrobium longicornu

Long-horned Dendrobium
Photo: M. Hart del., J. Watts sc., Public domain

Dendrobium longicornu is a small epiphytic orchid with pseudobulbs, native to the Himalayas, southern China and northern Indochina. It grows best mounted or in a fast-draining orchid mix with bright light, a cool winter rest and moderate, careful watering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, reduce sharply in cool winter rest, and avoid water sitting in the pseudobulbs.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid bark mix or mounted on bark or cork.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Himalaya to China (Yunnan, S. Guangxi) and N. Indo-China
Climate
subtropical

About

Dendrobium longicornu, the long-horned dendrobium, is a species of orchid native to Asia.

It is native to southern China (Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan), the Himalayas (Nepal, northeastern India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Assam), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Vietnam).

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 longicornu 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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