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Dendrobium jenkensii
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Arne purchased this orchid in 2008 and it came on a thin stick with another orchid attached on the top. Once we separated this orchid from the hitch hiker orchid, Stelis quadrifida, and mounted it on its own tree fern, this orchid flourished.
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| A) This orchid in 2010. How it has grown! |
We have thirty one flowers this year and it was a tricky process. In order to initiate flowering, Arne made sure it has to have a period of dry and cool from about Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day. He would place this orchid on our front porch under the roof during frost free nights.
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. 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.
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| B) Close up in mid May this year. |
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| C) Enjoying the Spring sun. |
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| D) Individual bloom. |
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| E) Almost all flowers were in bloom here. There are about six flower buds developing in this picture. |
I hope you enjoyed these photos of our Dendrobium jenkensii. I love this orchid as I find it very reliable and the flowers are so vividly luscious yellow in contrast to our Dendrobium lindleyi, which are not as intensively yellow. Until my next post, please have a good, safe and blessed week.
Khairul Bariah
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