Dendrobium aggregatum, lindleyi variation in bloom - Orchid Board

Stray59 · #1 12-02-2012, 03:54 PM

Hey Orchid Lovers -

Here are a couple of pics of my Dendrobium aggregatum, lindleyi variation, that I mounted a last year. I was so surprised and elated when I noted a bloom spike! I took TONS of pics of the spike developing and then blooming. I could almost do a time-lapse of development. example -

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I have since remounted it along with some additional plants, onto a cork log. You can see the nylon cords still in place, but each of the plant groups have new root growth with a few new leaves here and there. It should be perfect to move into winter for a little rest, then hopefully one of the plants will bloom next spring -

. I will definitely post pics of that - !!!
Hope you like them!
Steve

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so - what do you think???

WhiteRabbit · #2 12-02-2012, 10:55 PM

Nice! I got one of these earlier this year ... been growing well, hope I can get it to bloom ...

Stray59 · #3 12-03-2012, 12:59 AM

Sonya:
Make sure you put it somewhere cool this winter and almost starve it for moisture. I put mine in a back corner and totally forgot it until it started to form a bloom stalk. Then it caught my eye! The temp drop and dry winter is what sets the bloom for these beauts!
Steve

gnathaniel · #4 12-03-2012, 11:46 AM

Beautiful! I love this and related Dens. Looks more like lindleyi, though, not jenkinsii, which is much smaller and blooms with shorter and fewer-flowered racemes. Thanks for the spike development pics, too, very cool!

Stray59 · #5 12-03-2012, 12:05 PM

Hey everyone -
Originally I had mislabled the above pictured plant, but gnathaniel was quick to catch the mistake. I have asked a mod to change the title to reflect the accurate variant of this plant. It is Dendrobium aggregatum, lindleyi variation, not as originally labeled, Den aggragatum, jenkensii var.
Thanks,
Steve

(gnathaniel:
Good catch -

!!! Boy - I am glad you decided to look. I had both at one time and when I was writing the original post I had jenkensii in mind

. I will go through and edit my posts. I really appreciate the correction!
Sorry to everyone that looked earlier!

Steve)

Leafmite · #6 12-03-2012, 12:10 PM

I really like your mount! It looks great!

gnathaniel · #7 12-03-2012, 12:30 PM

I still find these confusing to differentiate, made worse by the fact that their onetime 'unified-species' status led to hybridization btw the two without always labeling them as such. I have one seedling that I think is probably lindleyi x jenkinsii (Den. Ueang Pheung), but I got it labeled as "aggregatum" with no further info. Oh, well...