Dendrobium jenkinsii

Dendrobium jenkinsii is found in Hainan China, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Laos in open forests on tree trunks at elevations of 700 to 1500 meters as a smaller sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with clustered, branching, fusiform to ovoid-oblong, 4 ribbed, somewhat flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, terminal, thickened, leathery, rigid, oval to oblong, obtuse, notched leaves that blooms in the early spring on a short to 15 cm long, arching to pendant, simultaneously 1 to 5 flowered racemes that arise from near the apex of the leafed pseudobulb and carrying short-lived, wide open flowers. This orchid is a spring bloomer that needs a dry winter rest with full sun and is best mounted on tree fern plaque to accommodate the pendent inflorescence.