White Dendrobium speciosum

[Rosim_in_BR]

Besides this white, which I like the most, I also grow a yellow and a light crem colored speciosum. Although a little different from one to another, the fragrances are very good in all of them!

[RosieC]

Wow, what wonderful flowers. The closeup looks really good.

[kinknstein]

Boy, look at all those flowers! Looks great Mauro!

[Rosim_in_BR]

Thanks Rosie and Nick!

[Loki]

I have a yellow speciosum but I am very keen to get a white variety... my eyes are peeled!

Lovely pictures and beautiful flowers.

[smweaver]

Very pretty display, Mauro. Do you have to do anything special to get this species to bloom in Brazil? I was under the impression that speciosum needs cool fall night temperatures in order for it to initiate spikes (at least that's what I've been assuming has helped me get my plant to bloom every winter), and I'm always curious how others grow this species outside of Australia. Has your plant outgrown its pot yet? Be forewarned that this one eventually becomes something of a monster. I have the pedunculatum variety, which is considered the "dwarf" member of the family. But I think that dwarf is a term that's only relative, and mine is quite literally breaking out of its pot right now. I'm going to be lazy for one more year and postpone repotting it until next year. Would you mind posting a picture of your plant, please?

Steve

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by smweaver

Very pretty display, Mauro. Do you have to do anything special to get this species to bloom in Brazil? I was under the impression that speciosum needs cool fall night temperatures in order for it to initiate spikes (at least that's what I've been assuming has helped me get my plant to bloom every winter), and I'm always curious how others grow this species outside of Australia. Has your plant outgrown its pot yet? Be forewarned that this one eventually becomes something of a monster. I have the pedunculatum variety, which is considered the "dwarf" member of the family. But I think that dwarf is a term that's only relative, and mine is quite literally breaking out of its pot right now. I'm going to be lazy for one more year and postpone repotting it until next year. Would you mind posting a picture of your plant, please?

Steve

Steve, I had five plants of this species until two weeks ago, two white, two cream colored and one yellow. I traded two of them and now three are left, one of each color. The yellow becomes a large plant because I've been repotting it in larger pots, so with more space available the plant is getting very large, but not a monster yet. The others I've been keeping in 4" pots for years and the plants tend to be shorter, but as the space for new roots in the small pots does not exist anymore the plants put long roots out of them. By now these plants are outgrowing the pots. I tried to pull one of them off of its pot and found out that it was impossible. Had to break the pot into small pieces with a hammer or the plant wouldn't be free. I can say that our falls in general have fresh to cool nights, especially cool dawns and this is in accordance to your observations.
I'll take a few shots of the entire plants, but I can only do this in the next weekend, ok? I'll post them here.

[nenella]

An absolute beauty! I 'm looking forward to this weekend & seeing your pics of the whole plants.

[smweaver]

That would be great, Mauro. Thank you! I know what you mean by the roots making it impossible to pull well-established plants of this species out of their pots. Mine is growing in a twelve-inch bulb pan, and even though the pot is plastic, the new growths and roots and distorting the sides of the pot and it (the pot) is starting to crack. My problem now is that I have no idea where I'm going to find a pot that's large enough to accommodate the plant. So I think that I might just have to split the plant in two or three pieces in order to keep everything a manageable size. If I was lucky enough to live in Brazil I would probably just tie the entire mass to the trunk of a tree and forget about it. Unfortunately, in my part of the US, that's not an option. I will very much look forward to seeing pictures of your plant(s) whenever you have the time to upload them. Thanks again.

Steve

Steve

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by smweaver

...... Would you mind posting a picture of your plant, please?

Steve

Sorry for the delay, Steve (actually, I took the photo, but forgot posting before!).
The bigger plant has yellow flowers, the two I've been keeping in smaller pots one is white the other lihgt cream.