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Holochrysa section
Cultural Information
SPECIES:
Some of these species are somewhat smaller plants but some of them can be quite massive.
Potting or Mounting: Den. capillipes is one of the species which can do well mounted, but will nead very heavy watering during its active growing season. Many will well grown in pots, especially with how large the plants get. If mounting on a tree, mount towards the base of the trunk facing south, as these plant's canes can grow easily up to 6 feet tall. Roots will grow into the ground and get more moisture that way. I did an experiment with a Fimbriatum, moshatum and pulchellum. All were growing in 4 inch pots with canes about 18 inches tall. I moved them into 1 gallon pots with sphagnum moss and moved them directly into full sun. The growth completely doubled in size if not more. The second year, even bigger. Plants bloom incredibly. Den. moschatum and fimbriatum do well in pots in full sun by a porch. They are great accent plants. The hybrid Den. Gatton Sunray is especially suited for this.
Light: Dappled sun with a few hours of direct sun to grown in all day full sun can be very beneficial when growing and blooming these plants. The more sun, the more water will be needed, but the more flower spikes you will get.
Water: They like quite a bit of water while actively growing and a drier, but not completely dry winter period. Only lessen the water, do not stop it completely.
Fertilizer: for most of the year drastically lessening in thee winter months.
Section Descriptions
Pictured above - Dendrobium moschatum (pink form)
The Holochrysa section is characterized by the tall canes, leaves are born all along the canes and are semideciduous; subterminal inflorescences arise on the leafless canes, sometimes on canes which still have leaves, which carry several mostly yellow, somewhat short lived flowers often with dark bullseye markings, or darker markings on either side of the throat.
Some of the commonly grown species within this section are: capillipes, chryseum, fimbriatum, gibsonii, hancockii, moschatum, odiosum, pulchellum.