Orchid of the day: Dendrobium jenkensii

Dendrobium jenkensii

Arne purchased this orchid in 2008 and it came on a thin stick with another orchid attached on the top. My first post about our Dendrobium jenkensii was on February 2, 2014 (click here). Arne remembered that when he showed it to me, I said, it looked like he was holding up a dead mouse by the tail! Which would be what I would say...

Once we separated this orchid from the hitch hiker orchid, Stelis quadrifida, (read more about this on my post dated May 25, 2015) and mounted it on its own tree fern slab, the Dendrobium jenkensii flourished.

A) On March 25th, we had two flowers opening up and several more flower buds were developing. 

B) Another view of our Dendrobium jenkensii.

C) You can see several more buds waiting to develop in this view.

By April 1st, we saw most of the flowers were opened. In fact this year we have thirty eight flowers to boast about! This orchid is native to the cooler and higher elevation of the Hainan region of China, Assam of India, eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Burma/Myanmar and Laos. Apparently it was named after an English man, Jenken, who work with the East Indian Trading company in the 1800s. The flower is about 3 cm or 1.5 inches in size.

D) Most of the 38 flowers were in full bloom on April 1st.

E) I thought you should see how different this orchid looked like in 2010. It has certainly developed and repaid Arne's care with wonderful flowers this year.

E) A gorgeous view of our Dendrobium jenkensii.

Let's end this post with another picture of the close up again.

Until next week, have a great week everyone!