Which orchids in YOUR collection get a winter rest?

[gngrhill]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

The Latouria Dendrobiums don't need a rest so just keep giving it warmth, water and fertilizer.

The only ones that are getting a rest is the Pleione (it is already in the fridge) and the Cyncnoches, if the leaves ever drop. The Dendrobium aggregatum was getting a rest but then it decided to send out a bunch of new growth so I have resumed watering it. I have no idea what it is thinking.... ?

I don't know about your weather, but ours has been pretty weird; way warmer than is normal for this time of year. That may have something to do with it.

[Jade]

Usually during the winter the water should be reduced for a lot of orchids. In my collection the orchids that want a real rest are: clowesia dodsoniana, laelia tenebrosa, dendrobium delacourii, dend peguanum, dend thyrsiflorum , catt forbesii, laelia lucasiana, cymbidium. Hope this could help.


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[Danie]

My Peristeria Elata does takes a winter rest.

[eager2learn]

What's a winter rest

[Danie]

Eager2learn,

My Peristeria Elata orchid needs a rest from watering during the Winter season. I call that winter rest!

[birdbrain]

Hello I didn’t see my orchids on the above list but I think i need to “put to winter rest” my zygos? My ocidiums? I just repotted a zygo I had too she was busting out of her pot. I posted that under maxilla alliance. Can anyone guide me in the right direction? Thank you——-B

[birdbrain]

Hello, I’m confused. The orchids mentioned above are the orchids people have that get a “winter rest”? Is there perhaps a list of ALL orchids that should have a “winter rest”? I don’t see mine listed but I think I remember way back when that zygos need a winter rest? How about ocidiums do they need a winter rest? Can I find how to winter rest my orchids? Thank you——B

[Dollythehun]

Your particular orchids do not need a rest. You might need to water a little less but no rest, so relax.

[Linzysan]

I have a miniature dendrobium nobile hybrid that is supposed to have a winter rest but I just got it and have been watering it regularly. It also has flowers on it. Is it too late to institute that rest?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Linzysan

I have a miniature dendrobium nobile hybrid that is supposed to have a winter rest but I just got it and have been watering it regularly. It also has flowers on it. Is it too late to institute that rest?

It isn't showing any signs of slowing down, so keep up the watering at the current rate as long as it has flowers. Once the flowers drop, you can cut back the watering somewhat, but unless you see leaves start to yellow, don't push it too hard. First, it's a hybrid, and very likely part of its ancestry doesn't slow down as much as Den. nobile does. Also, it may have had its seasons manipulated with light and temperature to get it to bloom now. (A blooming orchid is worth a lot more than a bare one...) Even the species Den. nobile does not go completely dormant in my experience. When I first started out in orchids I received the advice "no water between Halloween and Valentine's Day" ... and several died before I figured out that this was too severe. I suggest that temperature drop is probably at least as important in inspiring flowers as the dry period. So once it stops blooming, perhaps put it in a sun room or on a windowsill close enough to the glass to feel a chill at night. If it doesn't show signs of blooming in the spring but waits next year until summer or fall, then you know that it has ancestry that includes fall bloomers as well as Den nobile. After a year or so in your care, it will revert to a natural cycle (whatever that may be) no matter what manipulation it may have received this year.