Dendrobium "kingianum"

[KyushuCalanthe]

This guy just gets bigger and bigger each year. I bought it as "キンギアヌム" or "kingianumu", but it looks more like some hybrid. Very, very vigorous plant.

 

[nikv]

Looks terrific! It looks like a pure kingianum to me from what I can tell of the photograph. By the way, what do you have it growing in?

 

[biothanasis]

WOW!!! Impressive!!! Have you planted it in the garden??? What conditions do you give it??? Any tips for blooming it?? TY

 

[Elena]

Super display and I bet it smells divine too.

 

[P-chan]

Gorgeous!! I guess I have a ways to go, huh? :rollhappy: This is the extent of my bloom!

 

[SlipperFan]

Gorgeous -- stunning! I think it's straight kingianum, also. I've seen some that are a deep color like that one.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Holy cow, that is gorgeous! Love the color. :clap:

 

[JeanLux]

a great display!!!! Jean

 

[snow]

what a great looking king!

 

[Roy]

Looks like a Den Jonathons Glory by the flower shape, color and growth habit.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Looks like a Den Jonathons Glory by the flower shape, color and growth habit.

Thanks Roy, so the parents of this cross are kingianum and......? It certainly grows like a hybrid - like crazy! Right now it is growing in pure roots I think. Every couple years I have to rip the pot off the root ball and put it into a larger container it is that vigorous. I plant it in a typical perlite/bark mix and fertilize it regularly while in growth. In the winter watering goes to almost nothing. One of the easiest orchids I've ever grown and flowered. Tough as nails.

 

[NYEric]

Def a hybrid but what, IDK. I wish I could send you my 2 so you could get them to do something!

 

[goldenrose]

:drool: :drool: :drool: OUTSTANDING!!! :clap::clap::clap:

 

[Roy]

Spelling correction, Den Jonathan's Glory = Colonial Surprise x Kingrose.