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Orchidaceae
King Orchid
Dendrobium speciosum
Nobility and magnificence.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- epiphyte
- Height
- 1-3 ft
- Sunlight
- bright indirect light to partial shade
- Soil
- bark-based orchid mix, rock crevices
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-12
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The King Orchid produces massive cascading sprays of up to 100 fragrant flowers on a single raceme.
- Wild specimens can form enormous clumps weighing hundreds of kilograms on tree branches and cliff faces.
- Its thick pseudobulbs store water, allowing it to survive extended Australian droughts that would kill most orchids.
- The sweet fragrance intensifies in warm sunshine and can be detected from many feet away during peak bloom.
- Aboriginal Australians used the mucilaginous sap from the pseudobulbs as an adhesive for attaching stone tools to handles.
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magnificence
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strength
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admiration