Pink Rock Orchid
Dendrobium kingianum
Pink Rock Orchid
- Small orchid from Australia
- Occurs naturally on rock
- Recommendable for subtropical terrariums
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Description
Dendrobium kingianum is a particularly pretty, pink and white flowering orchid species from Queensland and New South Wales in eastern Australia. In nature, it usually grows as a lithophyte on rocks, which is why it is called Pink Rock Orchid. This orchid is native to subtropical areas with warm, humid summers and dry, cool winters, where it flowers in the winter and spring months. It has a rootstock with adhesive roots and pseudobulbs about 12 cm high with broad-lanceolate leaves. The flowers appear on inflorescences that overhang the leaves. They are about 2,5 cm wide and have a characteristic, almost triangular shape. The outer petals have a colour gradient from white base to pink tip. The lip in the centre of the flower has a pink pattern of irregular spots and stripes on a white background.
Even though this small orchid wild type is a rock dweller by nature, it can also be used in the terrarium as an epiphyte on wood or cork bark or as a ground plant on orchid substrate. It is best suited to subtropical humid forest terrariums with a cooler, drier phase in winter.
Profile
| Dendrobium kingianum | |
| Cultivation options | On rock, epiphytic, pot culture or ground plant in orchid substrate |
| Growth height | approx. 12 cm |
| Temperature | Temperate to warm, optimum is about 16 - 20 °C; nightly temperature reduction is advantageous |
| Humidity | Over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement | Moderately bright to bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering | Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising | Once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for | Subtropical humid forest terrariums |
| Cultivation options |
| On rock, epiphytic, pot culture or ground plant in orchid substrate |
| Growth height |
| approx. 12 cm |
| Temperature |
| Temperate to warm, optimum is about 16 - 20 °C; nightly temperature reduction is advantageous |
| Humidity |
| Over 60 %, with good ventilation |
| Light requirement |
| Moderately bright to bright, protected from direct midday sun in daylight cultivation |
| Watering |
| Soft, calcium-poor water. Mounted: spray or dip about 3 - 5 times a week, allow to dry in between. Pot culture: water about once a week, avoid waterlogging |
| Fertilising |
| Once a month orchid and Tillandsia fertiliser |
| Suitable for |
| Subtropical humid forest terrariums |
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