Dendrobium speciosum (It's spring!)

[DirtyCoconuts]

Stunning. Thanks for sharing

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by smweaver

All of your plants look great. I especially like the flowers on the variety speciosum plant. And this might seem like a minor point (although I don't think it is), but all of the leaves on the plants look really good. It's a little disheartening to see photos of speciosums with beautiful spikes of blooms, and the plants themselves looking like they've been baked in the middle of the Mojave: sun-bleached blotches, blackened areas, etc. Yours, by contrast, appear to be exceptionally health and well cared for. Congrats on both flowers and wonderful-looking plants.

Steve

Thanks! There are a still few burned spots, but most of the leaves with that issue have dropped off, since I figured out the summer shade-cloth thing a couple of years ago. Winter they need all the light that they can get (my yard is pretty shady at that time) but even those hard, tough leaves have their limits with strong direct sun.