Dendrobium Country Girl 'Warabeuta'

[NYCorchidman]

Thanks!

[ron-in-norcal]

It's really beautiful! The ones I got from Yamamoto are all budding out nicely now. Some are definitely buds, too, and not going to turn into keikis, so I'm hoping that's what they'll all be. They're budding pretty far down on the canes up to the tops, so I have high hopes I'm giving them what they like. My species one is also budding out more and more, and hope they are also flowers, love the fragrance on the species, and look forward to comparing with the Yamamoto ones.

[NYCorchidman]

Sounds great!

My white one from Yamamoto, had terrible blast last month. It budded with five bumps, and only three survived, then each of those three have one or two flowers.

I just noticed today that another cane of the white one is showing more than five bumps, and that sad looking can with a few flowers in the middle of its cane is now showing a few bumps toward the top of its cane. yay~~ hopefully they will develop into flowers.

My Country girl is sitting at the show table this weekend.

[ron-in-norcal]

Hope you have fun at the show! I'm impressed with all the bumps forming on mine. You'd think with the 80° temps we're getting these days they'd come out faster, but they're taking their time. It does drop into the 40s at night though, so perhaps that slows them down.

[NYCorchidman]

Bad news is that too much of temp swing can blast buds.

Night low is a must for inducing the plants to make buds.

Wait and see.

[ron-in-norcal]

I hadn't thought of that, they're definitely getting the night lows and the dry conditions (California is having its worst-known drought). I actually have splashed a little water on them about once a week since I think they don't want it that dry and we're having very low humidity, too. So far the buds all look good and healthy. Hope they stay that way.

[NYCorchidman]

sounds good! I hope they all open up wonderfully in the spring.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by emosupremo

So this Country Girl is actually a nobile! I am surprised because the one I purchase at auction has a different growth habit (it is more spread out rather than an upright clump). Could you tell us more about this plant?

In particular I'd like to know more about
the length of time you gave it a rest,

the temperature and

humidity during its rest and whether or not you

misted the resting plant.

Also, did the leave fall off when you initiated rest (mine are still on; I got it that way when purchased this December 2014)

Thank you for fielding these questions.

I have a few of these Yamamoto dendrobium hybrids.
I highly recommend that you visit their website and read information regarding the culture.

I will briefly answer your questions here though.

Many people assume dry winter rest as bone dry with no watering for the entire winter. This is FAR from the truth and not good for these plants.

You do want to water less because plants are not in active growth. It is basically the same as anything else that are not growing.

You want to water less, I water when the pot is dry, which can be every week or longer depending on growing conditions. I never let any wrinkles to show up on my canes, although slight wrinkle wouldn't hurt.

The most crucial in bringing these plants to bloom is the temperature I believe. They simply won't flower well (if at all) when kept too warm. It is recommended that plants are kept under 58 F, but the lower the better the flowering results.
Mine grow right up against sunny window and at night time, the temperature drops to about 65-60 F.
My plants still bloom at this temperature apparently, but the flowering is not great at all as compared to when I used to exposed them to 40s.

High light during the "rest" is also an essential to aid abundant bloom.

One more important thing to mention is that you want to stop all fertilizing by July.

I do mist when I feel like. I think regular watering is good enough and misting is not required but I like misting so I mist on the top roots that are exposed.

Humidity is not very important unless you live in a desert. I grow paphs, phals, catts, oncidiums, and many others in my dry home in the city, and I do not find lower than ideal humidity being any problem at all.

Leaves will fall off when plants are exposed to very cool to cold temperature. Mine used to shed leaves on their own as I kept them very cold during the winter, but now they maintain all or most of their leaves. I personally do not like how the leaves are on when flowers come in to bloom, so I usually strip them off myself.

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[ron-in-norcal]

I went to check mine just now, and the buds are forming more and more. Looks like I will get a lot of flowers if they make it. I'm kinda excited about the species one, too, as it seems to be forming a fair number of buds, assuming that's what they are and not keikis. So, I so far have 5 different Nobile's budding out. They're slow to form, so I'm guessing it'll be late February before the bloom really commences, though there is one that will probably have a bloom on an old back cane in a week or so. The rest of that plant has lots of new buds that will probably bloom along with the rest of the gang.

[NYCorchidman]

Let them do their thing as sudden change of environment can either blast the buds or (if suddenly grown warmer) develop quicker but smaller and inferior flower color.

I am happy to announce that my white one which is currently in bloom with only four flowers (what a disappointment) is trying for a main show.
That came cane is sprouting many more nodes and another cane is working on about five. If each of them make three flowers, it will look quite nice!

I'm so excited!!!