A Few Questions About Reblooming/blooming...

[MattWoelfsen]

These pictures look like it is Dendrobium Green Apples. But that is really guessing. I almost bought this plant this past Sunday. I did not buy this plant as it was too tall for my environment.

[shushu45]

Thank you. This might help with what it is.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by shushu45

Here is the Den in question.



Here us where the flowers came out of. There was only one spike.



When I brought it to a better lighting place to take it pic I notest two leaves on the floor. Then when I brought it out two more leaves fell off. What's going on?? I'm worried about it a lot now. It has a new cane as u can see. But the leaves r falling off the old cane. Is that normal??

The Den.'s flowers looked like this. (This is not a pic of my den.)



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I have owned these orchids for almost a year. So I am still very new to growing orchids.

It's a Den-phal type.
How long have you had it?
What is it potted in?

[shushu45]

Really?? The flower doesn't look like any den-phal type I have seen. Oh well. Thank u.
I had this one since August when I visited my parents. But most of the rest I had for nearly a year.
It was pottes in sphag and coconut husks. But last month I reported it in bettergro mix.

[WhiteRabbit]

Most orchids only bloom on new growth (den-phals can rebloom on older canes, but may only bloom once a year). Many are seasonal bloomers. So having them less than a year, it's really too soon to know if there are cultural issues that may be preventing blooming, if they otherwise seen to be growing well.

As for the Den losing leaves - how were the roots when you repotted? How often do you water?

[shushu45]

The roots were white before I water it and they turn a dirty white when watered. When I repoted it the roots were in like a giant ball. So it took me awhile to work everything loose. I felt the roots but they felt firm to me.

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I water it when the media feels dry in the middle.

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Oh when looking at the oldest cane it has no leaves at all and still green.

[shushu45]

I know this may sound stupid BUT I was doing some digging on my own and was looking at the information found of Den-Phal and Den. noble. My question is can they be mixed??
The info I have gathered though is pointing to the Den. noble side more than Den-Phal. Growing pattern for Den. noble says that the leaves turn yellow and fall of before flowering and that they can have tall canes. But the flowers grew on a spike (at least what I assumed was a spike) so that's y I ask can a Den.noble and a Den-phal breed together to make a hybrid??

Thank you all for a lot so the help so far. U guys probably think I'm such a nobe at this. Oh well. I'll learn.

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Oops sorry. I was looking at another site and found a little bit more info on den.s. so I now assume its a den-phal not a noble. So how do I get it to bloom again??


Thank u all who have replied.

[WhiteRabbit]

How does that small new growth look?

My Den-phals ( only 2) bloom in fall.

[shushu45]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

How does that small new growth look?

My Den-phals ( only 2) bloom in fall.

What do u mean how does it look??
There is only one growth that I can see.

[My Green Pets]

She means, what does it look like and how is it different now from when the pic was taken?