Dendrobium laevifolium in bloom

[gngrhill]

Mine has a couple of tiny new growths, too. You need a magnifier to see them, but they're there

[No-Pro-mwa]

I only have one new growth and now it is getting some black spots on them. I think my fungal infection hit them a bit. I just got my stuff from Rays and I will get after them since Christmas is over. Then I will get a picture.

[wintergirl]

I think might need more light to bloom. The first picture is when I first got the plant, the other is now after regrowing leaves. The leaves on the first picture are more red, so I'm increasing the light.

[wintergirl]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

I only have one new growth and now it is getting some black spots on them. I think my fungal infection hit them a bit. I just got my stuff from Rays and I will get after them since Christmas is over. Then I will get a picture.

Is the potting media new? They like fresh media and do not mind repotting. Also I keep water off leaves, I never let them get wet. I usually water once a day but if the media is still pretty moist I will skip a day. My pot is a plastic food dish with air holes in the sides. The media is just lightly covering all the roots.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Yes I re-potted it after it bloomed. I just put it back into the pot it was in. I had my new orchids in my spare bed room which is now becoming a new orchid room. Any who I had an orchid that I guess had a fungus that spread to a few others. I am now thinking it may be on this one as well. I had a copper fungus spray I have sprayed about 3 times but I got something new from First Ray's and some more inocucor I am going to start them back on.

Yours looks good with the 3 growths.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Well I finally got some new pictures. I also re-potted it just the other day and I decided to use seedling mix with added spagh. I am thinking it need more air but the roots looked good I didn't cut a thing off. Then in about 2 days I noticed something coming out of an old bulb. I think, I think it may be a bud. Hooray!!!!!!

[estación seca]

Looking good, Shannon!

I posted a previous photo of my plant to this thread on December 20 2015. Here it is today. It sure grows slowly compared to all my other Dendrobiums.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Well it's nice to know it's not just mine that is growing slowly. What is yours potted in? I had mine in straight spagh but I was afraid it was staying a bit to wet for to long. Now I'll probably let it dry out to much. I'm jealous of your 3 new growths. I was hoping mine would have more than one, but I guess I should be glad it is not dead and that it may be going to bloom. I am still keeping my fingers crossed that it will and the other psb will bud up.

[estación seca]

Mine is in sphagnum. I'm going to repot when these growths mature. I touch it every day or two and water when the top is mostly dry. The moss is still damp below. This is about every 4-5 days. I use a spray bottle and spray the moss, not the leaves, per wintergirl's suggestion. I fertilize once a month or so with MSU in rain water, about 20 ppm nitrogen or 1/8 tsp / 0.6ml powder per gallon / 3.78 liters.

[wintergirl]

Ok here is mine. I now have 5 leads. Not sure if or when I will have blooms, but it seems to be doing well.