Dendrobium lowii Lindl. 1861 SECTION Formosae Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

Another Flower Form Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Scott Dallas of White Oak Orchids

Another Flower AnglePhoto by Peter Maxwell

Common Name Low's Dendrobium [English Orchid Grower and Collector 1800's]

Flower Size 1 1/2 to 2" [3.8 to 5 cm]

Found in Sarawak as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte at elevations of 900 to 1000 meters in exposed locations on trees with erect, to 9 noded, thick stems with the upper leaf sheaths covered with brown or black hairs carrying to 6, towards the apex, persistent, narrowly ovate, obliquely bilobed apically leaves which are covered in black hairs below that blooms on a short, few to several [3 to 7] flowered inflorescence arising from the upper nodes of older leafed canes with long-lasting, fragrant flowers occuring in the summer. Water should be reduced in winter but not enough for the plant to completely dry out, fertilizer can be eliminated as long as the plant is not actively growing.

Synonyms Callista lowii (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Dendrobium lowii var pleiotrichum Rchb.f 1885

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No3 1958 drawing; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 3 1997 drawing/photo fide; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 4 2008 photo;

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