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section Densiflora "Callista"
Cultural Information
SPECIES:
Plants of this section tend to have long drooping inflorescences appearing like clusters of grapes. Many have colorful bracts and the inflorescence with the bracts are sometimes just as showy as when the plant is in flower.
Potting or Mounting: These plants tend to do well equally whether mounted or potted. Plants like lindleyi (formerly called aggregatum) tend to grow very large rather quickly and therefore do better mounted especially since the pseudobulbs are shorter. It also tends to like to go through a very dry period in which mounting would be better, where a plant like griffithianum tends to like a bit more moisture and does well potted in sphagnum moss. Most will do well in net baskets with a mix of Aliflor, sponge rock, and sphagnum moss.
Light: The general rule for this group is less light during the first part of the growing season getting brighter as the dormancy period comes about. So during the growing season, place in dappled sunlight, then during the fall start acclimating to more sun, many will take full sun during their dormancy period. Once flower buds develop, start moving to more shadier place again.
Water: Water should be abundant during the growing season and eithre greatly lessened to completely stopped during the winter rest period.
Section Description
(Pictured above - Dendrobium amabile)
This section is characterized by the shortened, fusiform to clavate stems which carry a few leaves terminally which bloom on a single, terminal, mostly pendulous or arching, multiflowered inflorescence on the new and older stems. Flowers are usually yellow, white, or sometimes pink flowers
Some more common species within this section: amabile, brymerianum, chrysotoxum, densiflorum, farmeri, griffithianum, harveyanum, lindleyi (aggregatum), sulcatum, thyrsiflorum