Dendrobium Wadianum

Dendrobium Wadianum

Found in Yunnan province of China, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam as a widespread medium to large sized, cool growing, epiphytic or lithophytic species found in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters with erect to pendulous, terete, nodally thickened, to 2′ [to 60 cm] long stems carrying deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the winter with 1 to 3 fragrant caramel scented, longlasting flowers on very short racemes that arise all along last years leafless canes.

This species needs a definite dry period through the winter months to insure proper blooming and it can be repotted after it’s spring blooming when the new growth should appear.