dendrobium-lanyiae

A collector's treasure of the highest class! The flowers proportions are almost gigantic compered to the small size of the plants. Furthermore,the species boasts a nearly unprecedented color of the tepals ,by the standards of the genus. The deciduous ,thick,cylindrical pseudobulbs are no more than 2-2.4 in/5-6 cm long and ,in the flowering season ,completely covered with spectacular orange-and -red flowers with white lips decorated with red venation. Two or three flowers grow from the knots on the leafless pseudobulbs at the peack of the dry season . When in bloom ,the plant resembles another colloctor's hit -D . unicum. The flowers appear on D.lanyiae in early spring. The species is native to Burma ,Thailand and Laos.