dendrobium to my kids - Orchid Board

kindrag23 · #1 10-08-2013, 04:42 PM

What are the signs that my den. Will be going into winter rest mode? We are still having warmer days and cooler nights.. I am just not sure what the signs are for when it decides its time to rest? It and I have had a hate despise relationship lol. I almost killed it with under then over watering and I have battled with keeping it in a pot....its small keiki and itself are developing new roots...so I am not sure what to do with it.

Leafmite · #2 10-08-2013, 05:13 PM

I don't do well with the noble dens. I lose interest in them pretty fast once the leaves drop. Here is a link with some very nice information about them. I did intend to actually adore these once. :|

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kindrag23 · #3 10-08-2013, 05:39 PM

I feel this one may be getting the trash can treatment real soon....it doesnt like me and I am getting tired of fighting with it....

Leafmite · #4 10-08-2013, 06:41 PM

I just don't like how they look without the leaves. Ugh! At least aggregatum and kingianum keep their leaves.

kindrag23 · #5 10-08-2013, 06:46 PM

hehe, well idk but it hates me, I have decided, and I am not to big of a fan of it either.

WhiteRabbit · #6 10-08-2013, 07:52 PM

Has it been losing leaves from fully grown canes?

kindrag23 · #7 10-08-2013, 07:59 PM

Nope not yet anyways....but its a pain in the tail feather!

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But the canes are limp and I have been working hard to keep it watered but not over watered....full sun, den mix...ugh this plant is driving me crazy

Leafmite · #8 10-08-2013, 08:32 PM

I grow other dendrobiums that need the same conditions--plenty of water in summer, either much less or none in winter. The basket pot and lava rock combination is absolutely perfect for them. You can water them like mad and the roots never rot.

kindrag23 · #9 10-08-2013, 08:33 PM

Idk then....I giv3 up..

RosieC · #10 10-09-2013, 09:27 AM

I often find that if I don't change my watering/temps/light for the plant then they won't go dormant.

A keiki in it's first year on it's own should perhaps not be allowed to go dormant. I was advised with some of mine to keep growing them as normal the first winter, maybe just reducing watering as you find that they dry out slower because it's cooler, but otherwise keep the same.

The advice I've then been following this year is to stop fertiliser in August, then drastically reduce watering (to almost nothing) from Halloween to Valentines.

Last year I fertilised too late and stopped at the same time as I stopped watering and they kept on growing right through until January before they had a slight rest.

Basically when they go dormant they will stop growing, the new canes will terminate and they may loose leaves, but not always.