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Dendrobium nobile ‘Star Sapphire’: One year later after been bought at the Orchid Show in Cranbourne, it has grown more canes and now is flowering nicely. Love the shimmering purple colour.

Dendrobium nobile Yukidaruma ‘King’: One of the two that I bought at the Orchid Show. The flower colour is white with dark purple/maroon throat. It has suffered a set back as two of the mature canes were eaten by slugs. So far it has grown another new cane and a nubin. Not so sure what the nub will be, hopefully it will be flowers.

My first Dendrobium nobile, 5 canes are flowering with some buds are still unopened. Not as prolific as last year, but it is still nice. Some new mature canes are ready to bloom next year. Time to divide and re-pot later after finished flowering. Note: I just found out that this one is actually the species (Dendrobium nobile Lindley 1830) , the flowers are matched.

Interesting facts about the species (from Claessen Orchid.com):

…….. The Dendrobium nobile was first described by John Lindley in 1830. A couple of years later, the plant was brought in bloom for the first time at the nursery of Loddiges Hackney, England. It’s one of the most popular Dendrobiums and appears in Southeast Asia, the Himalaya, Malaysia, South-China and Japan.

The long, upstanding, fleshy stems can vary from 30 to 75 cm long. The flowers can be 6 to 8 cm in width and the colour can vary a lot, depending on the origin of the plant. In general, the petals and sepals are coloured white to lightpink with a dark pink to purple spot at the top. The lip is white with a large dark purple spot in the throat with a light yellow edge.

A fun fact about the Dendrobium nobile; it has been used in the traditional Chinese medicine for ages! The stem of the Dendrobium nobile is used as cure for symptoms like abdominal pain, headache, dry mouth and abscesses in the mouth……..

I was planning to buy more of these orchids at the show, but this year there will be no show at all due to the Covid 19.