Den Maiden Charlotte

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Den Maiden Charlotte (Den rhodostictum x Den aberrans) is a 2001 registered cross of two species in the Latouria section. This section's distribution is centered in Papua New Guinea.

It requires year round watering, high humidity and filtered light.

The inflorescences are borne from the apical nodes. The flowers have a ns of 1" (3 cm).

This plant is in a 3" clay pot and is only 8" (20 cm) tall.

Charlie

[RosieC]

Lovely flower. I really like the delicate purple tint on the edge of the lip.

[Eyebabe]

Wonderful! and I agree the purple flare on the lip is quite nice.

[tuvoc]

Lovely. Well done.

Kim

[BernieK]

Hi all.....I just received a Dendrobium Maiden Charlotte x Microchip from Roy Tokunaga of H&R Nurseries. The orchid was bare root (shipped to Vancouver Island) and dry and I would like to know how best to pot it. The suggestion was to plant it in spag moss to help revive it then as new root growth developed transplant it into a bark mix. can anyone confirm that this is the way to go.

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BernieK, Welcome to the Orchid Board!

This kind of Dendrobium requires much more water than many other kinds of Dens. If it dries out for long it will start withering away. The instructions you got should work; if your growing area doesn't have relatively high humidity, I would keep it in sphagnum moss instead of bark. If you use bark you will probably need fine bark. This isn't a large plant.

[BernieK]

Thanks.....that's reassuring.