NoID Dendrobium care - Orchid Board

Raqsharqi · #1 11-13-2014, 11:38 AM

I bought this at Trader Joe's a month ago (yes, the flowers still look great!), but there is no ID. That doesn't bother me so much for the name of the plant as it does for the care. Is this the kind that I water all year long, or is this the kind that needs to go on a special winter program?

Ordphien · #2 11-13-2014, 12:22 PM

Water year round.

mtorchid · #3 11-14-2014, 10:29 AM

Looks like a Den-Phal hybrid- (evergreen). Let it dry out slightly between waterings like a phal, and they like being kept in slightly smaller containers.

At a glance, deciduous dens (winter rest variety) will often have bare canes from previous blooms that then help to store water for the next canes. Canes that have leafed/bloomed won't leaf/bloom again but they contribute to the continued growth of the plant.

mimigirl · #4 11-14-2014, 02:09 PM

Mine are noid. If they are making lots of new growth from bottom should i continue to feed? Are those nobiles? What are the ones that are deciduous and what are the ones that make new growth at top?

orchidsarefun · #5 11-14-2014, 02:37 PM

apart from the fertiliser promo, I generally follow this advice

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https://www.orchidweb.com/nobiletypedendrobiumcare.html

Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Care

kdennis14 · #6 11-14-2014, 04:41 PM

Thank you for the links. I have had my dendrobium for weeks now, and now I know it is a Phal. type. I also think it has a fungal infection. Can anyone look at the pictures and see what they think?
Thanks Y'all,
Karen

https://www.flickr.com/photos/126071441@N08/

mimigirl · #7 11-15-2014, 12:19 PM

How do you know it is a phal type? Does it depend on where the new growth comes from?

Ordphien · #8 11-15-2014, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mimigirl

How do you know it is a phal type? Does it depend on where the new growth comes from?

In general, the shape of the flowers and canes.
But at a glance, den phals bloom from the top of the cane.
And nobiles bloom from the sides of the cane.
Not a hard and fast rule though.

mimigirl · #9 11-15-2014, 06:17 PM

So i should watch where the new growth at bottom blooms? If making new growth should i continue to fertilize?

Ordphien · #10 11-15-2014, 06:39 PM

Did you not see the last blooming?
Do you have pictures?