Dendrobium Aussie Chip

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I love this hybrid! The scent is so strong and the flowers last for months!! Too bad I always manage to kill Latouria Dendros within a year or so of getting them

How do you treat them? I grow them with my Catasetinae, but with continuous watering the whole year. Watering them just aft the medium looks dry. They grow like weed!

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Aww - really? I was a bit apprehensive about them, but the few I have have done very well for me. Any idea what might be the issue? They do have very long lasting blooms which is always nice!

Originally Posted by kavanaru

How do you treat them? I grow them with my Catasetinae, but with continuous watering the whole year. Watering them just aft the medium looks dry. They grow like weed!

I grow mine right next to my Catasetinae and they get the same conditions, but for some reason the old bulbs turn yellow/brown and the new growths get smaller with time until the plant finally just dies. I've tried with different types of media, but the result is always the same. To make it even more frustrating, this would happen to me in Hawaii when I lived only 30 minutes away from H&R!!

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I grow mine right next to my Catasetinae and they get the same conditions, but for some reason the old bulbs turn yellow/brown and the new growths get smaller with time until the plant finally just dies. I've tried with different types of media, but the result is always the same. To make it even more frustrating, this would happen to me in Hawaii when I lived only 30 minutes away from H&R!!

hmm - these do like to be moist, but maybe too much water? :scratchead: My atroviolaceum, which had previously done well, was going downhill last year after blooming, I repotted it (from clay to plastic pot) the repot seemed to do it good at first, but then it again began going downhill, and I think over winter I over watered (needing less watering in the plastic pot as compared to clay) - it's doing better now, and has even given me a few buds.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

hmm - these do like to be moist, but maybe too much water? :scratchead: My atroviolaceum, which had previously done well, was going downhill last year after blooming, I repotted it (from clay to plastic pot) the repot seemed to do it good at first, but then it again began going downhill, and I think over winter I over watered (needing less watering in the plastic pot as compared to clay) - it's doing better now, and has even given me a few buds.

Hmmmm, maybe I needed to switch them to clay. Oh well, I think I'll just enjoy yours from afar for a few years!! lol Maybe I'll try again then.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Hmmmm, maybe I needed to switch them to clay. Oh well, I think I'll just enjoy yours from afar for a few years!! lol Maybe I'll try again then.

I've had my bigger Latouria Den in a plastic pot, and moved this one to plastic from clay last fall, and those both have been ok. I do have them potted in just pumice and perlite, so harder to overwater, tho I'm sure it can be done, especially during cool, damp weather.