Ooh that's lovely!

How sweet it is...just got one today and doing a bit of research before I repot. Yet another pouty :( one added to my collection. Arrived leggie and with roots everywhere. I myself will not pout when it produces minimal blooms...patience=Dendrobium loddigesii :biggrin:

In April 2008, I pouted that my loddigesii had only 4 flowers ... however ... it has continued to bloom with several more flowers since. There haven't been more than two at a time, but it's still been a nice display. And the legs are getting established around the mount so I am hopeful of more flowers in the next year.

GreatThread!
 

I've just bought a tiny one of these, and it arrived with 2 flowers about 1.5cm across, which have now dropped off - great to see them, though. It's mounted on a piece of branch about 1.5" thick and 5-6" long, and my instinct is to set it on top of a pot. If it's going to grow, it will need a lot more room than it's got now. My other thought was to nail it onto a small cut-off stump, but that could be more of a problem with watering. Right now I feel it looks a bit pale compared with some of the photos on the net. I could take a photo in the morning. Has anyone any thoughts?
Patricia

Patricia,

Mine is also pretty pale. I bought in the spring last year and it's hardly grown or done anything (there was a tiny bit of growth late in the year).

I'm not sure if pale is OK or not. I think I want to mount mine as well and see if it does better that way.

Den loddigesii photo
 

Rosie,
Here is how it looks this morning. The dark green round the middle is the cloth binding.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...loddigesii.jpg

Hmmmm, Patricia, you sure this is loddigesii? All the specimens of this species I have seen (including mine) has very spidery, think canes. Yours are pretty thick to my eyes.

Oooh!
 

Oh dear Steve, all I know is that it was sold to me as Den loddigesii and the flowers that were on it when it arrived by post, though a little withered, looked similar to these - see http://tinyurl.com/33nu2wm It's one of the first images that come up when you google it, and the flower color is about right.

You never know with some of these orchids! Your plant could just be a bit thicker than mine and I've made you worry for nothing! Hopefully that is the case. Part of the fun with these guys is the anticipation of the flowers though. :biggrin:

YEAAA
 

I agree - and the learning and sharing process. When I had some nice orchids a few years back, there was a stall on the roadside on my 35km drive to work, run by a major orchid exporter and I bought plants in flower from there. I'm a bit more isolated now and I have to use internet buying - usually small plants that have some way to go before flowering. Not so much "instant gratification" - but still exciting to research them on the net and find out what their potential is! So I'm a real beginner. Thank you for sharing with me.
Patricia