What type of Dendrobium is this.... - Orchid Board

PJG · #1 07-28-2008, 06:49 PM

There we go, 3 shots of same plant.

Hi All,
I had mixed up my first thread so, I'm doing the correct thing. It was originally in "I know nothing".

Update: I had saved a dend' (didn't know it was an orchid) kept it in pool of water. I was then told to repot it and get it out of the water. I did.

It is still doing well, lots of buds (if thats correct) and seems to me not far from flowering.

Now, before it flowers what type is it?

I had a close up of the pot, from the top, but it was blurred. There are 6 stems in that pot.

Lene Th. · #2 07-28-2008, 06:51 PM

Pics would be helpfull...

PJG · #3 07-28-2008, 06:58 PM

I did but they were side ways. trying again.

susiep · #4 07-28-2008, 07:35 PM

Wow, look at all the bloom spikes! That is a very happy plant so you must be doing something right. You should have a lot of flowers really soon.

Chubidubi · #5 07-28-2008, 10:03 PM

Looks like a deciduous dendrobium. We'll know better once the blooms open.

PJG · #6 07-29-2008, 02:40 PM

Hey Guys,
Since I've learnt to focus LOL (camera shot) up close, and everyone likes photos here, there is another spike growing from 1 of the 6 stems in this pot.

Peter

Oh, how I'm looking after it. I leave it outside in the shade, but getting natural light, and tap water. That's it, I think I got lucky.

wetfeet101b · #7 07-31-2008, 12:53 AM

It is a hard cane dendrobium.
But even with flower pictures it will be very hard to get an exact ID, unless it is one of the popular species or hybrids.
It is also possible that it is one of the thousands of unregistered crosses from mass producers.

dgenovese1 · #8 07-31-2008, 01:26 AM

Hi Peter,
It looks like a standard cane type dendrobium to me, and as wetfeet pointed out, it could be difficult to identify the exact cultivar even after it blooms...but don't let that stop you from posting pics!

I grow my cane dendrobs in high light (under 30 to 50% shade, depending on their exact location out back) here in southwest Florida, and they love it. They don't like "wet feet" (the condition not the OB member

), so it was a good idea to take it out of the water. Also, they do best if allowed to dry completely between waterings, at least for me they do. I grow mine in clay pots containing equal amounts of lava rock and charcoal.
In any event, your plant looks robust and happy.

Way to go on all the flower spikes!