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08-27-2010, 01:29 PM
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Dendrochilum gracile
Very easy grower, it doubles in size each year. I grow it intermediate/warm and fairly bright, mounted on a 3"x4" block of tree fern. 22 spikes this year! Thanks for looking. 
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08-27-2010, 06:50 PM
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Cool, love those delicate spikes.
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08-28-2010, 07:10 AM
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Beautiful plant! How often do you water it? Does this species stay compact or does it become large? The only dendrochilum I own is magnum, and there's no way I could ever get it to grow mounted, even though I think mounted orchids are beautiful. Any scent to your plant's flowers?
Steve
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08-28-2010, 08:16 AM
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These are such cool orchids, beautiful colour 
22 spikers eh? You've got the touch - wonderful growing  |
08-28-2010, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by smweaver
Beautiful plant! How often do you water it? Does this species stay compact or does it become large? The only dendrochilum I own is magnum, and there's no way I could ever get it to grow mounted, even though I think mounted orchids are beautiful. Any scent to your plant's flowers?
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Since it's mounted, it gets sprayed every day. I feed it weekly with half-strength MSU fertilizer. Dendrochilum gracile is a small to miniature species; longest leaf is six inches. Definitely not like magnum! The whole plant is about eight inches across. Also differs from magnum in having no scent that I can detect; magnum can be kinda overpowering! |
08-28-2010, 10:45 AM
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Yes, magnum's scent can be "overpowering." :-) Actually, I think it's downright nasty, like something you'd get a whiff of in a college chemistry lab. I'll have to look out for a plant of gracile. The flowers on yours are quite attractive.
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08-28-2010, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by smweaver
Yes, magnum's scent can be "overpowering." :-) Actually, I think it's downright nasty, like something you'd get a whiff of in a college chemistry lab. I'll have to look out for a plant of gracile. The flowers on yours are quite attractive.
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Andy's usually has this species. Andy's Orchids - Orchid Species - Orchids - Species Specialist - Orchids on a stick |
09-01-2010, 11:34 AM
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Lovely and thanks for sharing!  |
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