Epiphytic dendrobium in flower

CU of a Dendrobium species
Location : Zone C

The Dendrobium is grown on a rotting cut leaf base of the oil palm
Location : Zone C

There is an easy way to grow orchids at the park.  The method I use is to let the orchids stick their  roots at the rotting leaf bases of the oil palm.  These leaf bases rot fast and provide excellent traps for many organic matter and wastes from small animals, birds, insects, moss etc.  Here the roots get nourishment and the trunk offers suitable spaces for the long hanging stems to grow.  The above orchid is grown in semi-shade situation.  The flowers of this Dendrobium spp. normally last from 2 - 3 weeks.

Wind flower

The Pigeon Orchid or Dendrobium crumenatum
Location : Zone C

 "Bunga Angin" is Malay for 'wind flower'.  It is used to refer to the Pigeon orchid (Dendrobium crumenatum), whose seeds are transported by the wind and and grow as an orchid plant on tree trunks.  This orchid species is prevalent in the Oriental realm (China, India and South East Asia).  The white flowers are fragrant and the plant can flower a few times in a year especially after heavy rains, some 8-11 days later.  The Dendrobium tribe is one of the largest orchid tribes in the orchid family and comprises two main genera - Dendrobium (900 species) and Eria (400 species)..  Check a few more species of the dendrobium and its hybrids in my blog on orchids here ...>>http://4loveoforchids.blogspot.com/search/label/Dendrobium

Looking like pigeons in flight

Together we bloom....

Pigeon orchid sharing space with ferns..

Pigeon Orchid
Dendrobium crumenatum

 The Pigeon Orchids grow naturally at the park.  These orchids are frequently seen on many huge roadside trees in Bintulu especially the Rain Tree ( Samanea saman).  However at the park they can be seen hugging on the Eugenia oleina trees  and oil palm trunks.  It has been largely noticed that these orchids keep their flower buds on hold, waiting for a sudden drop in temperature to burst out into flowers.  As such in a certain locality they will simultaneously bloom in response to a heavy rainstorm, albeit for a period of 9 days later.  The flowers are fragrant.
 For more pictures of the Pigeon orchids and other Dendrobium species, please check them out in my blog dedicated to orchids here...>>>http://4loveoforchids.blogspot.com/search/label/Dendrobium

Pigeon Orchids on an oil palm trunk