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Dendrobium revolutum

Dendrobium revolutum
Photo: A. B. (??) del., J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) . Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911), Public domain

Dendrobium revolutum is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Southeast Asia that grows on trees in humid tropical forest. It is grown for its flowers and needs bright light, buoyant air and a dry rest period to bloom well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while growing, then reduce water after the pseudobulbs mature to encourage flowering.
Soil
Free-draining epiphytic mix of bark chips, perlite and a little sphagnum moss, or mounted on bark or a slab.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indo-China to Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dendrobium revolutum is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia).

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 revolutum 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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