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Originally Posted by Fairorchids
Well, it is Dendrobium season in NJ. They do not take up too much space, and can produce a lot of flowers. The flip side is, that the flowers do not last very long (about 10 days for farmeri).
This plant in an 11 cm (4.3") pot produced 3.1/2 inflorescences from the lead cane, and 2 each from two of the older canes. Couldn't get it to hang straight for a proper photo.
Now I just need a junior AOS judge to count the number of flowers.
Update: With another Dendrobium now in bloom, I can see that the plant marked farmeri is actually a thyrsiflorum (so I have two of those now).
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I'm envious. My dendrobium aggregatum bloomed in my care for the first time this year. It never flowered when I was growing it outdoor in the summer / under lights in the winter, though I've had it for 5 years or so. It produced one spike with maybe 20 flowers this year. I've read that the key to flowering it well is to cut way back on water during the winter, which I didn't do this year.
-Keith
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