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Originally Posted by Roberta
Lots of Dendrobiums bloom multiple times from old canes. Some don't even bloom until they have lost leaves after a year or two. I don't cut any canes that aren't completely desiccated and light brown... any that still have substance can bloom or at the very least will give energy to the plant. (I might make an exception for those that are clearly done with blooming if I have a large plant with lots of more substantial canes, but to get to that point takes multiple years, by which time one has a good idea of what has potential to be productive and what doesn't) There are so many that look dead at some parts of the year but aren't, so I also don't dump a dead-looking Dendrobium until it has stayed really dead for a year or so.
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Orchid board is such an amazing source of information and knowledge. I currently have a Nobile who is in bud on an old cane, it is the first time I have experienced this and I thought I was magic… apparently not
