I have been told to water my Cattleya only once a week and once every two weeks in the winter (The grower even told me I could forget about her up to a month!!)

I have a den reimei. Does anyone know if they require winter rest? I received the plant last fall and last winter i didn't give it a winter rest because I didn't know if i needed to or not. It hasn't grown at all really since last fall except for some roots.

Hi :)

Your Den Reimei (the "R" should be a capital because this is not a species plant) has 52% Den nobile (which does need a winter rest) in it's parentage. I would give it a definite reduction in water and fertilizers until spring.

yes it is a capital R. Sorry i didn't know it made any difference. Honestly I just buy orchids from pictures of their blooms most of the time. Maybe me not giving it a rest is why it didn't grow over the past year then. Thanks so much for this info as i have googled my heart out to find information on that plant. I was starting to think that maybe that species didn't exist and my plant was mislabeled somehow.

Happy I could help :)

Just so you know...when an orchid is a species, the name of it is not capitalized. Many people (including vendors and tag manufacturers) make the mistake. It's not a big deal but that's what makes this place so great...the learning process ;)

Hold back on the water and fertilizers, give it a light misting every few weeks (especially if you see the canes starting the shrivel) and hopefully we'll all get to see your blooms next season :cheer:

I have one more dendrobium that i need to find out for. It says "Dendrobium Midnight (P)" on it's tag. All i know about it is that i got it at the local lowes for a few bucks after all of its flowers fell off. Tried doing a google search for it as well as i would think that it would be a popular one if they sell it at lowes, but couldn't find any results for just Dendrobium Midnight not crossed with anything else. Thanks again everyone.

With the parentage of this one, no winter rest is needed. Take care of it the same way year-round.

heres my list cb! dendrobium peguanum, parishii,noblie,
max. Schunkeana, paphieopedlium micranthum, mailopense, delantii,

mine that get a winter rest.
Den parshii.
Den unicum.
Den nobile
max Schunkeana

I give a rest to cattleyas (unless they have a growth) until they begin to show they are waking up. For the dendros I have only victoria reginae in sphagnum so i keep on watering it