Dendrobium purpureum

[ferdi]

This species comes from Papua island. I have two variants in my collection. The more popular is the red one (on left side), and the other one is an alba (on the right side), which is rarer. The bulb could grow very long (more than 1 meter). In my garden, the bulb of the red one is 2 meters long, and the white one is 1 meter. The flowers come within a group of small flower on each node of leafless bulb, and whenever I see them, they remind me of furball, very cute indeed.The flowers could last for one month and they come twice a year. Enjoy

[Gin]

I love them, very pretty .. Gin

[pavel]

Cute little pom-poms!

[ang709]

Nice blooms!

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Those are so cool. I really like the white one.

Cheers,
BD

[ferdi]

Those are so cool. I really like the white one.

Cheers,
BD

Unfortunately the white one doesn't produce flower as many as the red one.

[ManilaByNight]

Unfortunately the white one doesn't produce flower as many as the red one.

Very true.

It seems this is a common behavior among the alba forms of species. Most have a tendency to be very finicky and difficult to flower.

[lanhua]

very interessting Dendro. The white flowers remeind me on Dendr.smilliae.

[ferdi]

very interessting Dendro. The white flowers remeind me on Dendr.smilliae.

Actualy both smiliae and purpureum come from the same region. And from August up to now, it's the time for smiliae to bloom. Smiliae has red splash at the bottom of the flower, and it also has bigger size than purpureum. People in Indonesia name smiliae as "anggrek nanas" or "pineapple orchid" due to its shape that resembles pineapple.

[walingwaling]

both are very nice!