dendrobium-formosum

A bulky species with large , aureate flowers . Its erect , thickly foliaged pseudobulbs are up to 18 in /45 cm long and typically covered with conspicuous black protuberances in the upper part . The snow -white flowers measure 3.8 in /8 cm in diameter. The lip has a 0.8 -in /2-cm -long spur and is embellished with a yellow decoration inside. The species is indeciduous ,yet it must be kept in warm and moist conditions in the summer, and temperate -to-cool conditions with reduced watering in the winter. It blooms between the fall and spring and is native to high elevations (up to 7,380 ft/ 2,250 m above sea level) of the Himalayas ,Thailand and Burma.