dendrobium aggregatum and cattleya in the same pot?

[wiyosaya]

We have a dendrobium aggregatum and a cattleya in the same pot. Will these two species live together well?

As I am sure you all know, the roots of these two species seem quite aggressive and I have my concerns that one might strangle the other.

Has anyone had experience doing this?

Thank you.

[Leafmite]

I would separate them if they were recently thrown together. If they have been together a few years and both do very well, it is probably not a problem to keep them together. There are some cattleyas that seem to do well grown very dry in the winter (cattleya dowiana, for instance), but most seem like more water.

[BettyE]

I have both...and as it happens,in order to get this particular species of den. to bloom, it must have a Winter rest...usually from Thanksgiving to mid-Spring. The cattleya would not like to go without water that long. It's up to you, of course. BettyE

[wiyosaya]

Thanks for the replies. I separated them over the weekend.