Dendrobium kingianum var album flower

[RosieC]

This cute little flower is on a tiny keiki which I potted up last April. There is hardly anything to the plant but it produced this tiny flower as well as two other buds.

The mother plant is also in bud with lots and lots of buds, so this is just a taster for me of what is to come

[nutgirl]

How pretty!

Do you mind telling what your growing routine is?

I've got two Kingianums and I have followed the standard procedure (cool, dry winter) for several years but all I have to show is good, healthy plants and not a flower in sight.


Maureen

[silken]

Very nice!
I've recently acquired a Kingianum too, so I'd be interested to know how they are grown. So far I only have keikis from it but have only had it for a month or two.

[Paul]

A pristine white.

[RosieC]

Well I've been trying to think about care... and this one has had completely different care to the parent and both are flowering. I actually have four of these, so here's the breakdown... you can make your own conclusions because I don't have any.

Mother:
Flowering: Covered in buds a few flowers starting to open
Medium: Bark
Winter Watering: Dry, plain water maybe 2-3 times between Halloween and Valantines, nothing else.
Winter Temps: Cool, between 5C (39F) and 14C (57F) mostly at the lower end.
Winter Light: Greenhouse so light from all directions, but only possibility of bright light for a couple of hours in the morning (on the rare bright mornings).
Humidity: Damp

Keiki One
Flowering: Spike with 2 buds and one flower
Medium: Bark
Winter Watering: Moist. Watered roughly every week including fertiliser most weeks.
Winter Temps: Intermediate, 16C (60F) to 20C (68F) mostly at the higher end.
Winter Light: North East facing window ledge. Mostly dull.
Humidity: Dry

Keiki Two
Flowering: Spike started but aborted when it dried out too much a few weeks back.
Medium: Semi-Hydroponic
Winter Watering: Moist. Watered roughly every week including fertiliser most weeks and hardly every dried out.
Winter Temps: Intermediate, 16C (60F) to 20C (68F) mostly at the higher end.
Winter Light: North East facing window ledge. Mostly dull.
Humidity: Dry

Keiki Three
Flowering: No sign of spiking at all
Medium: Mounted
Winter Watering: Dry. Dunked in plain water maybe 2-3 times between Halloween and valantines.
Winter Temps: Intermediate, 16C (60F) to 20C (68F) mostly at the higher end.
Winter Light: West facing window-ledge. Often getting afternoon sun when it came out.
Humidity: Medium

[silken]

Thanks Rosie. I think I can provide what your mother plant gets so that is good! Another plant for my new windowsill once we get the reno job on our greenhouse finished!

[Bud]

That is a pretty flower. I want a white kingianum too...I have a regular kingianum and they are also in spike...they have tiny flowers (3cm)I will wait until the bud opens and I will take pictures...the winter rest I gave it was just lessening the watering to once a week...but in summer, I water it every other day with a weekly weakly fertilizer...bright morning shaded sunlight on the east facing bathroom window...it gets the morning hot shower steam bath I get

[nutgirl]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Well I've been trying to think about care... and this one has had completely different care to the parent and both are flowering. I actually have four of these, so here's the breakdown... you can make your own conclusions because I don't have any.

Mother:
Flowering: Covered in buds a few flowers starting to open
Medium: Bark
Winter Watering: Dry, plain water maybe 2-3 times between Halloween and Valantines, nothing else.
Winter Temps: Cool, between 5C (39F) and 14C (57F) mostly at the lower end.
Winter Light: Greenhouse so light from all directions, but only possibility of bright light for a couple of hours in the morning (on the rare bright mornings).
Humidity: Damp

Thank you so much my growing conditions are similar to yours for the Mother:

Greenhouse
Temps as low as 35-39, 50-60 daytime if sunny.
Water once a month Nov - mid Feb.
Bright if the sun shines (which this year was almost all winter since it's been very dry.
No fertilizer.

One plant is mounted on a rock, the other is potted in LECA (not S/H)

Lots of roots and pseudobulbs.

If you (and others) are having success with a similar situation then I guess I'll have to be patient.
I hate to tweak things too much.

Maureen

[ronaldhanko]

Awesome flower and great photo, Rosie.

[WhiteRabbit]

ooo - that's lovely! I also potted a couple of small kingi keikis a few months ago, and have some buds on one of them - it's so cool they can bloom even when so small!