Dendrobiums Stardust "Firebird"

[Dorsetman]

In my experience, the easiest Dendrobium to flower so prolifically. Remarkably enough, it is a hybrid between a very average forgettable nobile type hybrid ( D.Ukon - anyone ever heard of it ? No, I thought not ) and the species D.unicum. Now I have had the privilege of seeing unicum in the wild several times. In my guess it is a pioneer - one which will invade a new habitat - e.g. a patch of forest which has been subject to a fire ( a natural phenomenon - long preceding mankind, and accidental or intentional arsonists) and take over every available niche. So I have come across a grove of trees where the only epiphytes - the only green things perhaps - have been D.unicum. Never any large plants. Whilst I have seen maybe hundreds of flowering plants, maybe even a few thousand, I have never seen a big clump. Often, even usually, flowering only on a single cane. And that cane only the size of a pencil, sometimes only the size of a pencil stub !
Perhaps it can't compete, when other epiphytes move in ? Most other dendrobes I have seen are mixed in with other plants. Although there is one other I have seen behave just like this,(delacourii) , where the only green things on a patch of punt out forest were the dendrobe, and one particular fern.
I may have shown this pic before - I took it on my 2017 expedition in Thailand.
And yet here is a hybrid - Stardust - producing canes maybe 20 or 30 cm long, and covered with flowers.
And whilst it is not difficult to buy nobile or soft cane hybrids covered with flowers, they are usually produced nderv rather specialist conditions, and in ourr own collections they never flower as well again. But Stardustb will. Even better, maybe !. So a remarkable hybrid indeed.

[Sheryl]

God I just love that Geoff! So many beautiful flowers! I do have one of the unicoms. May have to find one of your stardusts!

[zainal abidin]

If there is Orchid Show I'm guarantee you are the winner.

[Sheryl]

I was checking out Dendrobiums Stardust "Firebird" on Google images and none are as pretty as yours. They're all blooming on longer canes growing straight up. I love yours being more bunched looking with shorter canes