Dendrobium dichaeoides 'Creeping Type' temps and moisture

[flyingSquirrel]

I'm looking at Dendrobium dichaeoides 'Creeping Type' (from Andy's Orchids). I'm waiting for an email from them but meanwhile I'd like to get your experience/advice on temps for this orchid. Somebody told me it requires cold nights to grow well and bloom...they said nights in the range of 55 degrees or else it won't grow or bloom well. Anybody that can confirm or negate that? thanks

[Goods14]

You may want to call Andy's. It sometimes takes them a long time to respond to email.

[flyingSquirrel]

In case somebody else needs this info at some point and finds this thread, I got an answer from Andy:

He said they grow theirs outside where it gets down in the 50's some times in the year. He told me he doubts it NEEDS to have that cold of nights to grow and bloom well, but it comes from colder areas in nature so it has to be cool in general anyway.

Therefore, in actuality, Andy couldn't confirm or negate the "requires 55 to bloom" because he doesn't grow them warm enough year-round to find out what would happen if you didn't give them those low temps. That said, Andy is a super experienced guy and I would tend to accept his advice/theory anyway. Take-away: As long as you keep it cool enough year round, it probably doesn't require as low as 55 to do ok. (60's would probably be ok).