Dendrobium bellatulum Rolfe 1903 SECTION Formosae Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

ANotehr Angle Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

Flower color variation Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George.

Flower in situ In Thailand Photo courtesy of David Kuehn.

Plant and Inflorescece Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Walter M. Shinn.

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Common Name The Enchanting Dendrobium

Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" [2.5 to 4.5 cm]

Found in the Himalayas, South China, Thailand and Vietnam in primary montane forests at altitudes of 700-2100 meters, this miniature species is a cool to hot growing epiphyte with tufted, very short, ovoid to fusiform, longitudinally rugose-costate stems carrying 2 to 4, ligualte to narrowly elliptic, leathery leaves covered in black hairs that blooms most often in the spring with an axillary, very short, racemose, few [3 to 5] flowered inflorescence arising on leafy stems, that have fragrant, longlasting flowers held close to the psuedobulb. It needs a drier winter rest from watering and fertilizer starting in November and ending with blooming in March. This species does best mounted as it needs to fully dry out between waterings.

Synonyms Dendrobium bellatulum var. cleistogamia Pradhan 1979

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006