Dendrophylax lindenii after 4 months

[GardenTheater]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

That's the plan Bud, I wanna get that branch, but I am waiting to know for sure I will have the baby first:-)

Looking forward to watching yours grow and bloom!

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Originally Posted by Bud

I think you can grow that successfully in your environment....just remember the balmy air of Tommy's Miami atmosphere is totally different from the Florida everglades....so maybe you have a better chance in making this orchid bloom....I remember an OB member posting his bloom sometime ago and he is from your area.

Thanks Bud. I hope they grow and that I'll need the special bark soon. I had given up on them and now I'm looking for more Spanish Moss. It was being sold for $20 a bunch at an orchid show here. LOL.

[GardenTheater]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Hope they make it. I only tried this once and it was not a success.

Thanks Ron. It will be a nice surprise if the do.

[WhiteRabbit]

Very cool!

[gravotrope]

I purchased two species a month ago, meaning I now grow 3 different Dendrophylax species and except for a couple nights here and there they love the Florida weather. I also got some rapeseed cakes for them and got a little experimental with cyanoacrylate glue. So far so good, I can tell the sallei like the fertilizer cake and am going to wire one to the other sallei and lindenii mounts. I never water them after 1 pm because if the stem is constantly wet it will rot. I would say do not worry at all about dips in the humidity during the day, just water them every other morning unless they are very active, keep them from high heat and make sure they have humid NIGHTS! The fertilizer cakes are constant delivery but it is all microbial instead of the typical assault of chemicals we use to feed all our other plants. No special fungus required, because it (or some such substitute) finds the oilseed cake and starts breaking it down. These plants basically harvest moisture out of the air, as do all orchids, through daily condensation after night falls and again as the sun comes up.

I remember at the AOS greenhouse PARKING LOT in Boca (now a school for autistic kids) all these Oncidium orchid roots stretching upwards like a white coral fungus, and since that day about three years ago I've looked at these plants differently. I realized they all really take advantage of the air moisture every dawn and every evening, and because they do this, for the most part they can survive long periods without rain.

[Bud]

Thank you for all you advice. I have learned new ideas from you.

[GardenTheater]

Originally Posted by ovanoshio

I purchased two species a month ago, meaning I now grow 3 different Dendrophylax species and except for a couple nights here and there they love the Florida weather. I also got some rapeseed cakes for them and got a little experimental with cyanoacrylate glue. So far so good, I can tell the sallei like the fertilizer cake and am going to wire one to the other sallei and lindenii mounts. I never water them after 1 pm because if the stem is constantly wet it will rot. I would say do not worry at all about dips in the humidity during the day, just water them every other morning unless they are very active, keep them from high heat and make sure they have humid NIGHTS! The fertilizer cakes are constant delivery but it is all microbial instead of the typical assault of chemicals we use to feed all our other plants. No special fungus required, because it (or some such substitute) finds the oilseed cake and starts breaking it down. These plants basically harvest moisture out of the air, as do all orchids, through daily condensation after night falls and again as the sun comes up.

I remember at the AOS greenhouse PARKING LOT in Boca (now a school for autistic kids) all these Oncidium orchid roots stretching upwards like a white coral fungus, and since that day about three years ago I've looked at these plants differently. I realized they all really take advantage of the air moisture every dawn and every evening, and because they do this, for the most part they can survive long periods without rain.

Thanks for the culture information. I read an article where a grower used rapeseed cakes with his lindenii. I might try them on my lindenii and other mounts.

[Bud]

just be careful with the rapa seed cakes they tend to form dark deadly fungi that differs in grow zones....this is when you remove the cakes and remount to a clean bark but if it is the white harmless fungi its no alarm....it is time to refresh it when they disintegrate and crumble....

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by Bud

just be careful with the rapa seed cakes they tend to form dark deadly fungi that differs in grow zones....this is when you remove the cakes and remount to a clean bark but if it is the white harmless fungi its no alarm....it is time to refresh it when they disintegrate and crumble....

This is very interesting, I have never heard about this cake, do you think it would work on other leafless orchids I do have Bud??? I did order bag, it is very interesting and I would like to try???

[Bud]

you can try it since ovanoshio is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and apparently it works well for him ....tie it with mounting nylon thread and just let it disintegrate upon watering....I got a bag from Amazon for $11...just freeze the bag to preserve it and thaw it room temp before you mount it

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by Bud

you can try it since ovanoshio is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and apparently it works well for him ....tie it with mounting nylon thread and just let it disintegrate upon watering....I got a bag from Amazon for $11...just freeze the bag to preserve it and thaw it room temp before you mount it

Many thanks, will try for sure. I did order mine from eBay it comes to same price as Amazon with shipping:-) Do you use it only for leafless Bud? Or pretty much most mounted ones would benefit from this? Like Dinema polybulbon etc???