Dendrobium lindleyi - Orchid Board

Bolero · #1 10-21-2008, 06:54 PM

I just received a lindleyi plant yesterday and have no ideas on culture. I could look it up but it's more fun having a discussion here. Yes I should know better and should have researched it first but when I saw the flowers I had to have it.

Does anyone have any tips on growing these? Hopefully it doesn't need too much warmth.

;-)

quiltergal · #2 10-22-2008, 02:49 AM

I think this is also known as Den. aggregatum......or is that Den. aggravatum?

I have Den. jenkinsii which is just a miniature version of this plant. I've had it well over a year and so far have not been able to bloom it. I tried giving it a moderate winter rest last year with watering only every 14 days or so and no fert. Temps were in the mid 60's most of the winter, but perhaps it needs to be cooler. I'll be checking this tread with interest.

Roy · #3 10-22-2008, 03:21 AM

Darren, I grew this plant years ago. It likes a black tree fern mount or shallow pot with good open mix like Catt bark with good warmth and humidity, in my opinion definitely doesn't like the cold. Likes plenty of water when growing and everso slightly dry when not. I had it in 60% shade and it flowered ok.
It is / was Den. aggregatum.

Bolero · #4 10-22-2008, 05:01 AM

Thanks guys, I will have to bring it inside when the weather cools down next year. I have it in 50% shade and I might take it out of the sphagnum moss and put it in the same stuff as my cattleya's.

I appreciate the information.

kavanaru · #5 10-22-2008, 02:38 PM

As classified by Rebecca Tyson Northern:
Type II (deciduous) intermediate to warm all year, full winter rest. Example: D. aggregatum...

taken from: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...endrobium.html

I recently bought Dendrobium Ueang Phueng, which is the hybrid between Dendrobium lindleyi and Dendrobium jenkinsii... let's see how it does here with me

Bolero · #6 10-23-2008, 05:55 AM

That should be fine, I will grow it with the nobiles and they might get along fine. Probably not perfect conditions but it will be ok.

Thanks for the information kavanaru!

quiltergal · #7 10-23-2008, 04:50 PM

Mine is most definitely not deciduous.

Shirley · #8 10-23-2008, 10:47 PM

I got my aggregatum/lindleyi bare root twenty years ago now and it's been divided a number of times. I grow it in a sunroom, medium bark/perlite/charcoal mix in a wooden basket. It gets watered weekly, fertilized every second week, and gets a complete winter rest November to February but still in good light. I find it very easy to grow and it usually puts on a good show in late spring/summer. There is a photo of it in my gallery.