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Originally Posted by estación seca
The dry period myth is incorrect and harmful. I suspect it came from two angles: People who couldn't provide cool temperatures hoped it would force dormancy, and people who looked at habitat rainfall records and reported no rain all winter. But there can be soaking dew in the southeast Asian highlands.
They need cool temperatures at night plus bright light to flower, not a dry rest. Leave them out all winter, but bring them in when it's below 40 F / 5C just to be safe. Water lightly once a week.
I put all the section Dendrobium (nobile types) and section Dendrocoryne (speciosum, kingianum) Dens outside in winter. We get less rain and frost than you do. I leave them out in the rain here. I might or might not in the Northwest depending on how wet is the winter. I have a Den. xsuffusum just opening buds now.
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Thanks ES. That is great news about the dry period! Dry (or Sunny) and winter do not go hand in hand in Portland. I hesitate to leave them outside from Nov-Feb as it rains almost everyday and sun is sparse to non-existant. Does that change your advice?
Last summer I saw you mention the cold temp requirement for nobiles and I put my nobile outside in June and brought it in the first week of October. Here is the picture for reference..
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