Dendrobium Nobile Care after Blooming

[Edwin Reffell]

Hello,

I have been given a Dendrobium Nobile to look after now that it has finished blooming. Is it an easy or a difficult orchid? Since I started with it 3 new spikes and 1 keiki have developed. I know nothing at all about this type of orchid. What should I do with the spike that had all the flowers on it? What light conditions, temperature and humidity should I provide it with now? Does it need a lot of watering and fertilization now that it is autumn and it has finished blooming? Is it possible to get it to bloom again next year with proper care? I would be thrilled if I managed to look after it and it blooms again next year.

Thank you for helping.

Kind regards,
Edwin

[kindrag23]

I have just obtained a dens. myself. I have been told that they will need a winter rest. As in around november 15th range for me stop all watering and all fertilization, leave them in a cool space(65-75) with LOTS of sun light, they will lose all of their leaves. maybe...then when you start noticing new roots and growths start watering and fertilizing again as normal. And then you may or may not get a spike.

Maybe others with more experience will be able to give you even better advice Good growing!

[WhiteRabbit]

http://www.yamamotodendrobiums.com/h...eral_care.html

[RosieC]

I kept mine in my greenhouse last winter (min 5C/41F). I watered very little (only a couple of times through the winter) with no fertliser.

In the spring (arround valantines) I started watering and fertilising again as normal and it started growing and gave a couple of flowers.

I've been advised that you should stop fertiliser on these around August and reduce watering right down around Halloween. I didn't stop fertiliser until Halloween last year and I'm told that's why it hardly stopped growing until January and why it didn't flower well. This year I withdrew fertiliser at the beginning of August and I'll stop watering at Halloween and well see...

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These don't spike as such... you get small groups of flowers coming from the canes. I just got the one group this year. Hoping for more next year.

[Edwin Reffell]

Exactly which range of temperatures (lowest and highest9 do wintering Dendrobiums prefer? I do not mind when they flower if they give lots of flowers. Until 22 November I do my best to keep a night temperature of 11-14 C on my glazed balcony to help some of my Phaleonopsis to flower. After that until 1 December I shall do my best to keep a temperature there of at least 10 C for my cherry tomatoes. From 1 December I shall try to keep the temperature there at the range which is best for wintering Dendrobiums to get them to flower much and long. Thank you for your help.

[RosieC]

It depends on the dendrobium unfortunately as dendrobium is a massive group.

I keep nobile types like yours in the greenhouse which gets a min of 5C/41F. Not sure if they like that or not, others might be able to advise better. They have done fine with that, but to be honest I'm not sure if it's the best.

Phal type dens I keep warmer. I have some others I keep somewhere in between. As I say it's a big group.

[Edwin Reffell]

I have 1 Dendrobium kingianum and am looking after for Church 1 Dendrobium nobile. The D nobile has grown several new shoots (canes?) since I began caring for it. My D kingianum does not seem to do anything at all. Both are now on my glazed balcony where it is 13 C at present and 10-15 C most of the day. When I am at home I try to keep it 11-15 C for the Phaleonopsis at night till they have been there 2 weeks with that nighttime temperature range. I am very unsure of the needs of my Dendrobium kingianum. Can anyone educate me on them?

[Ordphien]

I was told different info.
I was told by someone on here that gets massive amount of flowers on their nobiles each spring, so their method is the one I'm trying out first.

Maybe you can try the opposite and we can compare in spring lol.

They said to water freely in winter. To keep it on a normal schedule. But give it a good long chill.



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[RosieC]

I have my kingianum in the greenhouse with the nobile, so it gets a min of 5C. It grows like a weed and flowers every year, though it seems to mostly flower on the mass of keikis I always get. I have over fertilised in the winter in past years and I think that's the reason for the keikis though it is also a species prone to them.

[Edwin Reffell]

After 1 December I shall give my D's a dry, cold spell until they develop buds. Then I shall water them normally. I am unsure if they should be brought inside after forming buds though.