dendrobium-secundum

One of the best known Dendrobium orchids , popular more with scientists and professional cultivators than with gardeners and exotic plant lovers:the reasons being that the flowers are exceptionally tiny(about 0.4 in/1cm)-so tiny that even their multitudes per raceme connot compensate for their size. Thepseudobulbs are deciduous ,up to 20 in/ 50 cm long,narrow at the ends . The flowers are pinkish purple with a minuscule yellow lip. The plant requirs epiphytic cultivation , plenty of sunshine and air during the growth period,only a slight reduction of temperature in winter. Several inflorescences can grow at once out of the apical knots of the pseudobulbs between the fall and spring . The plant is native to a large geographical area that includes Thailand,Vietnam and Malaysia ,the Philippines and islands in the Pacific Ocean