Den. Patricia Van Puyenbroeck new growth

[Kittyfrex]

I just noticed some growth on the top of two of the canes. The picture doesn't have the ability to capture it clearly, but it's rounded, not flattened as the new cane growing.
I was under impression it was a spring bloomer, but it's still too early to tell anyway, but if anyone has an idea of what to expect, please do tell. This is my first and i only got it a few months back.

[NatalieS]

As a complex hybrid, I imagine the blooming period may be a bit varied. This hybrid looks to be registered by Akerne orchids, and orchidroots says it's about 50% kingianum, which I believe can bloom late winter (Dendrobium Patricia Van Puyenbroeck).

Since these types of dens are usually from Australia, you'd actually be in late winter/spring now according to their seasons, though I imagine this plant was cultivated in the northern hemisphere this year if you've had it yourself for several months.

Perhaps it's still operating on it's southern hemisphere cycle lol. Did you buy it from Akerne in Belgium by any chance? They are only an hour from me.

[Kittyfrex]

Actually yeah, I did, alongside a kinganium. Both came super robust, just with dead roots. That one quickly solved on it's own once in moss, and both had put out new leaves/growths since arrival.

My climate is actually similar to to certain parts of australia (i belive west or southwest coast), and i have been advised to keep these in a same manner as a nobile, ie outside, just out of the rain.
I mean, it could still be a leaf, but i didn't notice any tip growth points unlike kinganium, who made a few new leaves as well as cane, whereat patricia only made two small canes and it's midway to producing a signiciantly larger one. The growth pattern also resembles nobile to a degree, at least apparence wise when a top leaf emerges, and it looks nothing like it at all, hence my uncertainty.

I mean, i only got it mid summer, was not expecting blooms for at least a year (a personal default buffer time for new orchids to acclimate; or any other plant tbf).