Red Philippine Species Dend: Need ID

[zainal abidin]

Wow so nice I like the red color very intense Angel congratulations, I think by look at the plant character I would think this Epidendrum natives to South America anyway what ever it is need to take care them.

[angel]

Hello Zainal. I'm not 100% sure if this is a dendrobium. I don't think they would have epidendrums growing in the hinterlands of Cotabato and Maguindanao. Thanks for the input.

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Wow so nice I like the red color very intense Angel congratulations, I think by look at the plant character I would think this Epidendrum natives to South America anyway what ever it is need to take care them.

Zainal, now it occurs to me that the flowers do look like epidendrums. If ever this is an epidendrum, however did it get to grow deep in the hills of my province which is thousands of miles from the Americas?

It does resemble the terrestrial Epidendrum ibaguense. Now I'm wondering if I should plant this in the ground instead? And in full sun? Right now it is attached to a tree.

[Ron-NY]

Zainal, now it occurs to me that the flowers do look like epidendrums. If ever this is an epidendrum, however did it get to grow deep in the hills of my province which is thousands of miles from the Americas?

It does resemble the terrestrial Epidendrum ibaguense. Now I'm wondering if I should plant this in the ground instead? And in full sun? Right now it is attached to a tree.

It is possible that seed escaped from someone growing it in your country. I would slowly adapt it to full sun and put it in a terrestrial medium.

[angel]

reed stem epis are easy to grow and very adaptable. they are primarily epiphytes, so it will grow just fine how you have it. now, how it got into the deep forest of your province, who the heck knows! it seems to be a smaller growing/newer type as well, which is doubly curious.

Thanks for the insight. Perhaps it is smaller because it does not get enough nutrients from the tree trunk. Anyway, I already transferred it to the ground and in a location which gets some direct sunlight. Its previous location was on a small tree, together with some species phals, where there is no direct sun at all.

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Hi Angel,

Looks like epidendrum. I have one that is similar but with red flowers with purplish tinge. I have planted this it similar to Spathoglottis in a 50-50 mix of coco-peat and vermi-compost

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Thank you for sharing that info. I planted it in the ground this morning near some of my spathoglottis. I hope it adapts well.




















Hi Angel,

Looks like epidendrum. I have one that is similar but with red flowers with purplish tinge. I have planted this it similar to Spathoglottis in a 50-50 mix of coco-peat and vermi-compost

Thank you for sharing that info. I planted it in the ground this morning near some of my spathoglottis. I hope it adapts well.

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It is possible that seed escaped from someone growing it in your country. I would slowly adapt it to full sun and put it in a terrestrial medium.

Thanks Ron. I have already planted it in the ground and in a sunnier spot. It still puzzles me how it got to grow on a tree. That area is a troubled area, where some insurgents and bandits are found. Only the native tribes live there permanently and I don't think any of them have access to epidendrums growing in other countries. Or that any orchid enthusiast would choose to live there and be abducted. Anyway, stranger things have happened.