Dendrobium senile Parish ex Rchb.f 1865 SECTION Formosae Photo by © Danny Lentz
Plant Photo by Peter Szabo Another Plant Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl Plant and flower in situ in Thailand Photo courtesy of David Kuehn Common Name The White Haired Dendrobium
Flower Size to about 2" [3 to 6 cm]
A miniature, warm to cool growing epiphytic plant from Myanamar, Thailand and Laos at elevations of 500 to 1200 meters that has suberect, reclining to creeping, hairy, succulent-like psuedobulbs and 2 to 6, ovate-lanceolate, alternate, semi-deciduous leaves that needs high light with a winter rest to bloom in the spring and summer with fragrant [lemony], 1 to several flowers on a short inflorescence that arises from the uper nodes of the leafed and leafless canes. This plant does better potted than mounted and needs lower light levels in the wet summer and higher light levels in the dry winter. Keep humidity high year round.
Synonyms Callista senilis (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista senilis (Parish & Rchb. f.) Brieger 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchid Species Culture; Dendrobium Bakers 1996; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Dendrobiums H. P. Wood 2006; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;
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