I got this plant last summer (July) in bloom (about 15 flowers on the spike). It grew rather weak new cane and flowered again in October with 4 flowers.
Over the winter, it started to drop leaves like crazy as if it were a nobile type. The cane shriveled some and as a whole, it looked not so good.
I was going to throw it out, but it grew bigger and healthier looking cane earlier in the spring. Root growth resumed. but something is not right. The new cane is bigger than the last one, which is really short, but not as big as it's supposed to be.
The first picture shows a third flower spike from an old cane bearing 11 buds ( you can't see the last few buds in the pic), which is pretty good I'd say. The second picture shows the first spike from this year's cane bearing 8 buds, still in improvement from the previous cane which had 3 or 4 buds last year and not producing any spike this season.
The third picture shows all these canes, the shortest one on the bottom of the picture being the one that flowered last October.
The last picture shows what the plant looked like in July.
Can't wait!
Dendrobium Chao Praya Gem in buds
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