New to Dendrobium growing - are these flower buds?

[Hedge]

I have been given a Dendrobium which is a nobile type hybrid which had been kept absolutely sodden at standard room temps about three feet from a south west window. There was mould growing on the top of the chopped bark and no drainage holes, so I unpotted it, removed the bark that was surrounding the inner pot, took it out of that and then left it to dry out (in an oversize pot with no extra bark) to recover. It has two new canes with deformed foliage at the top, twistedover on itself, is otherwise healthy and surprisingly it had no obvious root rot although they were very white. The roots are now a little browner and I have given some water by spraying the outer ones whilst the inner bark dries back.

It is now in a bright window sill getting four hours direct sun a day and night time temperatures have been around 62 F for the last three days, because autumn finally arrived with a cold snap.

It isn't showing signs of being deciduous but I assume that as a nobile hybrid it should have winter rest. So the reason for my question was to see whether winter rest was triggered by reducing water or by cooling. Inadvertently, I seem to be doing both!!



The above was written in the Which orchids do you give a winter rest? thread elsewhere on this board. I have since put in my cool greenhouse (minimum 5 deg C) and occasionally spray the roots with a little water. The mould has long gone, the leaves are still green on the younger cane and today I noticed these nodules forming on the stem - are they flower buds?

If So what do I do now - currently it isn't even properly in a pot!!