What to do with Den?

[LizB88]

Jean, I was apprehensive about cutting the cane but I was not brave enough to just cut them all off the cane. I only cut one cane. I still have five canes on the plant. The other keikis, I just pull off from another cane and place them in the small round container. The ones with the came are growing a lot faster and I think more healthy looking then the ones I just pulled off.

And today I notice that there are new nodes coming out of the old canes that are left. I hope they are not more keikis. I just hope that I can have a healthy plants after all this. I do want flowers, but I had to wait a long time for other plants to give flowers so I have learn to wait for them.

Here is a picture of the Den that did flower for me this spring.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by LizB88

I just wanted to update you on how the keikis are doing.
So I have 8 of them and they are doing well. Thanks for all your help. Now I still need to repot the mother plant, but I am some what scare to do it. I hope that next spring I will have a lot of flowers from "Spring dream"

Looks great!
I would be rather concerned about the first setting though.
While it looks cool, the plant in that small glass container (even with holes here and there) can be easily cooked up in the strong light, which is what nobile dendrobiums need.
The other setting is what I do. Perfect!!!

Give it plenty of sun and water, and they will all have flowers no matter how small they might mature.

You do have to give them cool winter though.
In one of your previous posts, you mentioned that you left them out for a couple of nights. Well, that is not a rest at all.
Yamamoto website recommends at least one month of cold nights for flowering nobile dendrobiums.

Where you live, it is fine to leave nobiles outside in the winter. Just bring it out when the temperature is expected to go below freezing. Also, do not expose them to winter rain. I remember California being quite rainy during the winter. not sure that is normal though.

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Originally Posted by LizB88

Jean, I was apprehensive about cutting the cane but I was not brave enough to just cut them all off the cane. I only cut one cane. I still have five canes on the plant. The other keikis, I just pull off from another cane and place them in the small round container. The ones with the came are growing a lot faster and I think more healthy looking then the ones I just pulled off.

And today I notice that there are new nodes coming out of the old canes that are left. I hope they are not more keikis. I just hope that I can have a healthy plants after all this. I do want flowers, but I had to wait a long time for other plants to give flowers so I have learn to wait for them.

Here is a picture of the Den that did flower for me this spring.

This one looks like one of my favorites, Love Memory.
It is beautiful!!! and you have a nice flower count on this one.

By the way, don't worry about cutting off one cane. It doesn't do any harm to the plant. and you wanted those keikis, so that is the way to do it rather than cutting off individual keikis off.

Happy growing!

[LizB88]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Looks great!
I would be rather concerned about the first setting though.
While it looks cool, the plant in that small glass container (even with holes here and there) can be easily cooked up in the strong light, which is what nobile dendrobiums need.
The other setting is what I do. Perfect!!!

Give it plenty of sun and water, and they will all have flowers no matter how small they might mature.

You do have to give them cool winter though.
In one of your previous posts, you mentioned that you left them out for a couple of nights. Well, that is not a rest at all.
Yamamoto website recommends at least one month of cold nights for flowering nobile dendrobiums.

Happy growing!

I have them both on plastic containers with plenty of draining holes and ventilation on the sides. The small round container is plastic and has ventilation holes on the sides of the dome as well as and open top. I keep them on a shelf in my kitchen facing a east window/sliding door that leads to the balcony where I keep most of my orchids.
Last winter I brought them in only during nights of frees warnings. Otherwise they stay outside.

We did not get that much rain this pass season, they don't get rain on, but I do water with RO when I have it otherwise I use distilled water.

And yes the one in bloom is called Den.Oriental Love Memory Fizz. The next one I want is Oriental Smile 'Fantasy' but I need to make room.
And get over the fear of re-potting!

[NYCorchidman]

Ok, then, it sounds like you did the proper job wintering them.
I don't understand why the white one is not performing as well while your Love Memory is in full bloom. hmmm

The name is Love Memory Fizz without Oriental in front of it.

I have Oriental Smile Fantasy. I highly recommend it. It has such fantastic coloring.

[Ordphien]

That's interesting.
Spring dream is the one that flowers the best indoors for me.
I got flowers on every node and never moved it from my window.

NYCorchidman - winter is our rainy season. The only time we get rain. And it's normal to have heavy rainall winter.
What wasn't normal was how dry it was last year.

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