"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow" David Hobson
This dendrobium is native to Asia from Himalayas to Indochina. This
orchid easily recognisable with hard and square stems. This dendrobium
habitat is epiphyte and can easily found at evergreen forest from 150m
to 1000 meters. Its grows well in hot to warm environment.
The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud~Paula Cole
This
orchid only can be found in Sarawak at elevation around 100 to 200
meters. So this species also knowns as The Kubah National Park
Bulbophyllum. The size of the flower is around 2.5 cm. This bulbophyllum
is miniature sized and hot growing at low level epiphyte with distant
cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single leaf. Inflorescence up to 15 - 17 flowers carrying non-resupinate, wide open, mostly simultaneously opening flowers.
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs~Malcolm de Chaz
This is the second successful hybrid made by Orchid de Dangau. In the process to register a new name. If you know the parentage please message me via FB, maybe you are lucky to be the 1st owner of this hybrid. (Open only for Malaysian).. Closing date is 1 month from this post.
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life~Jean Giraudoux
This bulbophyllum under section Cirrhopetalum which is fringed-petaled.
Other name to this bulbophyllum is robust cirrhopetalum.
This species originated from New Guinea in rainforests on tree trunks at
elevations between 100 to 600 meters. It has a very large and single
leafted epiphyte. The leaf size can achieve up to 9 inch long some times
can more than that. This orchid bracteate inflorescence which has an
apical umbel of many long-lasting flowers sometimes more than 10
flowers. It held below the leaves.
This species requires a heavy
pot to contain the large and robust plant and should be given hot
temperatures, partial shade and high humidity as well as regular watering.
Even if the flower is no more, still, the fragrance can be~Jaggi Vasudev
Also
known mini lavender pink reed stem, this orchid distributes from the
montane Tropical rainforest of Bolivia (including Cochabamba), Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and the West Indies.
This species is sympodial habit, terete stems covered from the base
with close, tubular, disthicous sheathes which are leaf-bearing on the
upper part of the stem, and a terminal peduncle covered from its base
with close, tubular sheathes. The stem grows up to 1 m tall below the
inflorescence, and the inflorescnece itself grow to 0.4 m tall, with the
white to pink resupinate flowers born in a congested raceme at the end.
The leaves grow to 10 cm long.
Remarkably this orchid can grow well here in Malaysia with no season.
When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole~William Makepeace Thackeray
Rhyncostylish gigantea also known the giant Rhyncostylish. Why the
giant? It is because this plant have the biggest size of flower and
plant in the family. Rhyncostylish
gigantea is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, China, Borneo and Indonesia. But until today, i never
get/found, the plant originally from Malaysia forest🤔🤔🤔 This species can be found at 265m and above sea level, with this condition it is the best choice to have one in your garden.
It is monopodial, warm to hot growing epiphyte, which reaching 61 cm in
height, with a stout, 10 cm stem carrying imbricating at the base,
linear, very thick, channeled, acute lobed apically, up to 30 cm long
and 5-7.5 cm wide leaves.
Happiness is the natural flower of duty~Phillips Brooks
Orchid de Dangau Dangau = Pondok in Malay language, but this word usually only used in Northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Dangau = Pondok = Hut (English language)
Orchid de Dangau = Orchid @ Hut
Here, i'm sharing my interest of this amazing creature and my activity @ my Pondok Orchid.
I will post orchid tips and caring information base on my experience ( >20 years) in this hobby. Some of the plants here, i willing to sell if somebody interested with, just ask me!
As addition, i will update the Orchid Shows information around my area.
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