Den. dekockii and Den. brevicaule

[ChrisFL]

Anyone? I've contacted the usual suspects (Andy's, Perlite, Newman).

 

[ChrisFL]

Bump,

Also looking for white cuthbertsonii.

and:
Dendrobium deckokii
Dendrobium vexillarius,
Dendrobium sulphureum,
Dendrobium brasii,
Dendrobium subacaule,
Dendrobium brevicaule

 

[SlipperFan]

I'd also check with Oak Hill (once they are settled into their new digs) and Erich Michel.

 

[keithrs]

Check J&L.... They some times have rare plants for sale.

 

[NYEric]

Mountain Orchids, Vermont?

 

[valenzino]

Den. dekockii and Den. brevicaule are nearly impossible to grow,particularly dekockii,no one in my knowledge succesfully grown it.Andd brevicaule i've seen only 1 time a plant in flower by an experienced PNG Dend grower(he have crazy perfectly grown cuthb. and vexillarius) and after sometime also died in his place.

 

[ChrisFL]

Den. dekockii and Den. brevicaule are nearly impossible to grow,particularly dekockii,no one in my knowledge succesfully grown it.Andd brevicaule i've seen only 1 time a plant in flower by an experienced PNG Dend grower(he have crazy perfectly grown cuthb. and vexillarius) and after sometime also died in his place.

valenzino, difficult but not impossible. Dan Newman is growing it successfully. I never subscribe to the "impossible to grow" mindset. People used to think the same about ghost orchids.

 

[goldenrose]

Mountain Orchids, Vermont?

That was a thought of mine too. They aren't listing either on their website.

 

[NYEric]

They probably have a lot of stuff that's not listed. For a while they were the source for cuthberts.

 

[aquacorps]

Tom perlite at goldengate orchids should have white cuthberts.

 

[goods]

Chris, check Hawk Hill Orchids for sulphureum. They've listed it on ebay recently, so I know they have some.

 

[valenzino]

valenzino, difficult but not impossible. Dan Newman is growing it successfully. I never subscribe to the "impossible to grow" mindset. People used to think the same about ghost orchids.

Ghost orchids are very easy compared to D. decockii...if you are lucky you can have a plant that use to grow in a bit lower altitude than the usual ones and so maybe little easyer...go look for decockii flasks...as you will not able to find them will be easy to understand no one is even able to reproduce it...i will be really interested in see a Photo of Dan Newman Dend decockii and know how much years is growing his plant succesfully and maybe buy flasks to also try!!

 

[gnathaniel]

Equatorial Plant Company in the UK usually carries some of the species you're looking for. Someone on Orchidboard arranged a group importation a couple of years back; the seedlings were robust and the prices not bad even with fees and shipping, though I killed them all through my own ineptitude...

 

[ChrisFL]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions

 

[ChrisFL]

Valenzino, the photo on the orchidspecies is Dan Newman's plant.

 

[SelectOrchids]

Valenzino, the photo on the orchidspecies is Dan Newman's plant.

Just had a look at the photo, that plant was not in cultivation for more than 6 months from the wild, guaranteed... and it is absolutely not decockii, but the natural hybrid between the two, which is not so rare. Decockii has much smaller, thicker, narrower leaves. The natural hybrid comes usually at a rate of about 2-3% of the total amount of a collected box...

And I did import decockii/brevicaule in large quantities years ago, so I have some experience. They usually sulk for a year before dying. I still have some from a couple of years, but it is exceedingly hard to grow, and they had to go to the highlands nursery. It is impossible to artificially reproduce the habitat of decockii and brevicaule ( and a wide range of bulbos and strange things that grow with them). Daytime, humidity in the 20's%, temperatures over 35 celsius, full sun. Night time, permanent fog, and 10-14 celsius, sometimes down to 5 celsius... The roots are covered with lichens, very rarely moss, in a very thin layer, and they get their humidity from the night time fog.

 

[ChrisFL]

Just had a look at the photo, that plant was not in cultivation for more than 6 months from the wild, guaranteed... and it is absolutely not decockii, but the natural hybrid between the two, which is not so rare. Decockii has much smaller, thicker, narrower leaves. The natural hybrid comes usually at a rate of about 2-3% of the total amount of a collected box...

And I did import decockii/brevicaule in large quantities years ago, so I have some experience. They usually sulk for a year before dying. I still have some from a couple of years, but it is exceedingly hard to grow, and they had to go to the highlands nursery. It is impossible to artificially reproduce the habitat of decockii and brevicaule ( and a wide range of bulbos and strange things that grow with them). Daytime, humidity in the 20's%, temperatures over 35 celsius, full sun. Night time, permanent fog, and 10-14 celsius, sometimes down to 5 celsius... The roots are covered with lichens, very rarely moss, in a very thin layer, and they get their humidity from the night time fog.

Hi Roth, interesting post. Looking at the leaves, I agree 100% with you that that is a hybrid. That plant is also still alive regardless of when that photo was taken (or so is claimed)

Can I ask where you are located?