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Originally Posted by Leafmite
Very pretty, Bud! This is a group that doesn't really fare well in my care. I tried three of them and lost three. I am currently trying a second Microchip....
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I am sorry about the three plants....
I strongly believe with humidity and air circulation=you can grow these orchid plants well.
Culture: requires 50 to 70 percent shade if outdoors early morning and late afternoon dapple shade. The typical Dendrobium light will burn its leaves.
Feed it and water it well in the warmer months. Keep dryer in winter but do not allow it to go completely dry= yet if kept too wet there may be problems with rot. Make sure it is in a fresh medium with improved drainage and good air ventilation.
In 1906 a collector in its habitat have observed: " The natives take the small plants I throw away and take it back to their villages and plant them. Some tie them on trees, others seem to fix them on rocks and others plant them on the ground like cabbages. The plants do well and make good growths found in the dried mud especially the ones in rotten cow dung is full of roots".
-dried cow dung and mud .....but we are not in its environment we are thousands of miles away....and they have the equatorial monsoon rains and morning dew that gives moisture even if it is not watered or fed.
I hope you will find your own culture in your environment for these orchid plants and you too will succeed to grow and bloom these kind of orchids.
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