Dendrobium Flower Meaning

Green foliage full of flowers.

Dendrobium flower meaning. Phalaenopsis orchids symbolize health and prosperity while dendrobium orchids represent wisdom beauty. The genus dendrobium was first formally described in 1799 by olof swartz and the description was published in nova acta regiae societatis scientiarum upsaliensis. In ihrer heimat wachsen die orchideen epiphytisch auf anderen pflanzen und nutzen diese als träger. Dendrobium feels quite different from the rest of the orchid family.

Their name derives from the greek word kymbe meaning boat and refers to the blooms hollowed lips. Common name or meaning the rose scented dendrobium flower size 1 72 to 1 92 4 3 to 4 8 cm found in vietnam on boulders or tree branches at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a small to medium sized cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with clustered erect narrowly fusiform slightly flexuous weakly sulcate with age leafy throughout stems almost completely enveloped by leaf sheaths and. Stately with a crown of flowers that rise upwards dendrobium is very distinctive. It differs from other orchid species with its clusters of flowers that form at the axil of each leaf and which give off a lovely fragrance.

The flowers are native to southeast asia japan taiwan indonesia china the philippines and australia. Flower size 8 2 cm. Found in luzon island the philippines at elevations around 500 meters as a small to medium sized hot growing epiphyte with erect compact jointed and deeply grooved shortly brown haired stems carrying thin rough textured basally clasping leaves that are unequally notched apically and blooms in the spring on a short 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence with the non resupinate flowers held towards the apex of the leafy stem. Common name or meaningthe green flowered dendrobium flower size 4 1 cm found in the moluccas new guinea and the solomon islands as a miniature sized epiphyte with yellow canes carrying many linear leaves that blooms in the fall on very short single flowered inflorescence arising all along the stem carrying successively opening flowers.

Orchids generally represent love fertility thoughtfulness and charm. Die dendrobium nobile gehören zu der familie der orchidaceae orchideengewächse und kommen ursprünglich aus dem tropischen und subtropischen asien. Plant and flower photos courtesy of fred williams and clan orchids. Found in southern papua new guinea on shady trees in montane forests at elevations of 500 to 2000 meters as a medium sized warm to cool growing epiphyte with clustered club shaped yellowish green stems.

Cymbidium orchids symbolize strength nobility and oncidium orchids symbolize love talent. History since victorian times a special meaning has been attached to flowers. However each variety of orchid and each color of orchid has its own meaning. The name dendrobium is derived from the ancient greek words dendron meaning tree and bios meaning life referring to the epiphytic habit of most species.

Scientific name genus species orchid dendrobium aggregatum family orchidaceae. The only orchid that flowers like a mini tree. The unusual way of flowering on the stem means dendrobium looks very different from most.