Dendrobium with no flowers!

[NYCorchidman]

Yeah, you really need to post pictures of your plant. There are many different types of dendrobiums and you cannot just take what people are saying here because they have no idea what dendrobium you are talking about.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by Tarryn

...For the past month I have already reduced the watering it received and it didn't look happy. The stems have gone a bit limp so I've resumed it's normal routine.

Limp? The canes shouldn't be limp from reducing the water. If anything they should look a bit shriveled, but not limp! It could be rotting...idk...

Originally Posted by Tarryn

The previous owner used to keep it outside as well under a tree so I've tried to mimic that environment.

If you're growing outdoors, do you know the day and night temperatures?

Do you have a rough idea of the temperature ranges your area experiences during the different seasons?

Originally Posted by Tarryn

I do think it needs maybe a bit more light. So I'm going to move it to a spot that maybe gets a few more hours sunlight.

As a general guideline, sometimes you can kind of gauge how much sun your orchid needs by looking at how dark green/light green the leaves are.

Generally speaking, if the plant is receiving less light than it needs to thrive, the leaves will usually be a darker green.

Generally speaking, if the plant is receiving an adequate amount of light, the leaves will usually be a lighter green.

Most Dendrobiums fall in the range of growing under moderate indirect bright light to indirect bright light.

Originally Posted by Tarryn

I'll take a picture of it today so everyone can see.

This should make things a bit easier to tell what the problem(s) may be.

Originally Posted by Tarryn

But in other great news.... Our Paph has got a flower on it! Can't wait for it to open!!

Nice!

[Tarryn]

We're in the middle of winter here so it's a chilly 15 deg Celsius at night. (Tough times I know!). Day temps are mid 20 deg's Celsius. We did have a cold spell here this last week where the night time temp dropped to about 8 deg Celsius.
As far as the leaves go, they are a dark green colour. But let me post a picture and we can take it from there!

[NYCorchidman]

Leaf color does not mean much. Some plants naturally have dark or light green leaves.

Again, pictures will help.

Talking about colors, temperatures and stuff does not help much without identifying what dendrobium is being talked about.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Leaf color does not mean much. Some plants naturally have dark or light green leaves.

Again, pictures will help.

Talking about colors, temperatures and stuff does not help much without identifying what dendrobium is being talked about.

That's true to a degree.

I did mention that the leaf color was a general guideline, not a definitive rule. It is true that some orchids just naturally have darker leaves, and it is irrespective to the amount of light the orchid is receiving.

Talking about temperatures provides a part of the information that would otherwise be missing in order to troubleshoot the issue once the ID of the Dendrobium is determined or roughly determined.

It is preferable to also know what the name on the tag actually says in order to properly ID the Dendrobium in question, (provided the plant actually came with a name tag), since, as far as we know, there are no photos of the flowers. A pic of the plant in-and-of itself can only go so far with the ID'ing process.

Otherwise, as we all stated, any kind of pics of the orchid does help to some degree or another in the overall sense of troubleshooting the problem.

For reference purposes:

8 C = 46.4 F (recent cold spell)

15 C = 59 F (winter night)

25 C = 77 F (winter day)

[Tarryn]

As promised here are pics of the dendrobium in question. As mentioned its a den phalaenopsis. (So we were told by the guy we bought it from).

[Tarryn]

Another pic... (Sorry couldn't figure out why it won't let me put 2 pics in!)

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Try just waiting a little longer.

It looks like it's getting the correct amount of light.

It looks fine actually.

[NYCorchidman]

doesn't look like den phal at all to me.

[Tarryn]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

doesn't look like den phal at all to me.

Then what does it look like?

It does look like its happy, but just to be sure I've moved it to a place where it gets a bit more light so we'll monitor it and see what happens! Thanks for all the help!