Dendrobium nobile aka Noble Dendrobium

Dendrobium nobile, also known as the noble dendrobium, is a popular cultivated decorative house plant from the family Orchidaceae. It is cherished for its colorful blooms that appear during the winter and spring seasons when few other flowers are in bloom. This epiphytic or lithophytic plant is native to southern China, including Tibet, as well as the Himalayas and Indochina. It has also been reportedly naturalized in Hawaii and is recognized as the state flower of Sikkim. Dendrobium nobile can be found in lowland and mountain forests, often growing on mossy limestone rocks. It showcases strap-shaped, persistent leaves and its blooms are highly variable in color, ranging from white to pink and purple. The various cultivated varieties of Dendrobium nobile produce different sized and colored blooms. Fragrant and waxy, these flowers emerge from the upper nodes of leafed and leafless canes. The species is well-represented in Kew Gardens Tropical Nursery in London, and its seeds are stored in the Millennium Seed Bank there. Another related orchid species called 'Cooksonianum' features oval to strap-shaped, semi-evergreen leaves and bears fragrant flowers in trusses on stems approximately 70cm long. These flowers display a combination of white and purple hues, with a deep maroon red lip.