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Dendrobium jenkensii |
Our Dendrobium jenkensii has been in our care for ten years now. This orchid is native to the cooler and elevated region of Eastern Himalaya which includes the Hainan region in China, Burma and Assam in India.
You should checkout my post from April 13th, 2014, which shows how small this orchid was. Since then it has been doing well due to Arne's care and devotion. We are fortunate to have thirty five flowers this Spring.
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| A) Flower buds were already developing by April 14th. |
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| B) What a contrast compared to how it looked four years ago. |
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| C) Today, April 29th, almost all of the flowers were fully opened. Due to the unpredictable Spring weather this year, we still house our D. jenkensii in our basement in the orchidarium. |
This orchid did really well once we separated it from the hitch hiker orchid, Stelis quadrifida, see my post from May 25, 2015.
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| D) Zooming into an individual bloom. These flowers are relatively fragile compared to our other orchids, and would only last for about one week after fully blooming. |
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| E) A view from above. They do look like ladies with ballgowns and wearing full reamed hats! |
Well this is my post for this weekend.
I hope these beautiful flowers brightened your day a little.
Until next time, have a great week.
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