PO Box 24425 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33307 US
Amblyanthus section
Cultural Information
SPECIES: This group is just starting to be seen a bit more in cultivation. I have personally not grown them, but would really like to. Plants look very similar to the plants from the Holochrysa section, but this section has scales on the flower buds, stems and possibly the leaves
Potting or Mounting: These plants do well either potted or mounted. I would imagine same general rule as for most orchids when potting, tight pot for the size of the plant. Mix that retains water, but allows some air flow around the roots. It may do well in my typical plastic Vanda basket with sphagnum moss or a net basket with a mix of Aliflor and sphagnum moss.
Light: Bright filtered light possibly a few hours of direct sun or all day dappled sun
Water: Plenty of water during the growing season, less during winter months
Fertilizer: .Use a balanced fertilizer during the growing season.
Section Descriptions
Pictured above - Dendrobium melanostictum.
This section is characterized by tall, leafy stems which are evenly swollen with many flowered inflorescences enveloped by distinctive imbricate bracts. The outer surface of the flowers, and in some cases the stems and the leaves are covered with a light brown to brown, scale-like, or furfuraceous, covering. The flowers do not fully open and they are primarily yellow on the exterior and often mostly white anteriorly. The lip is more or less ovate and fleshy without much, if any, sidelobes, a shelflike retrose lamina is on the lip with a saclike mentum opposite the cavity on the column foot and in most species the lip is papillose.