Den. Kingianum

[estación seca]

Most species orchids have definite growing and flowering seasons. Eventually you'll learn them. A lot of Dens. - even in different groups with different climate requirements - flower in spring or summer on older growths.

[katsucats]

For what it's worth, I'm more inland than aparnamane (10A, Sunset Zone 20). I put my kingianum outdoors in last fall where it got battered by all that winter rain, survived, and is now doing better than it as ever been when I was growing indoors. Temperature range (according to AccuWeather) was about 37-101.

When I put it out it was doing poorly and I thought it was going to die, probably due to being irregularly watered and under a too-dim LED light. Outdoors it's still irregularly watered, still under mostly shade, east side of the house under a tree, probably gets some filtered sun in the morning. But it's grown into a nice bush in the course of a year. Literature says it needs more light, but when I put it by the anceps, at least my variegated one suffers.

Going to put it under a roof this winter and hopefully it will bloom next year.

[Roberta]

I am firmly convinced that this group of Dendrobiums really benefits from, probably needs, that winter chill. I also have found that L. anceps light (really full sun) is too much... I have toasted a few leaves. In shade, it's still likely a lot brighter than what it was experiencing indoors, Lots of light gets scattered into those shady areas, not obvious to the eye but seen by the plant. But indoors it's a lot easier to get the light correct than it is the wide seasonal temperature range.