Dendrobium spectabile x sib

Dendrobium spectabile is native to New Guinea, Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. They grow on trees in swampy, lowland forests.

It is a medium to large sized, hot growing epiphyte, that blooms in the winter and early spring. The flowers are 2 to 3” in diameter. They are creamy to pale greenish, with intensely reddish brown to dark purple spots, veins and spots that do not appear on the edges. The creamy lip is yellowish with a white base. Sharp flower elements are twisted and curled.