Dendrobium Pegasus - Orchid Board

razka3 · #1 02-19-2008, 09:12 PM

I've posted under the sticky post as well - thought I'd post here in case nobody looked there.

I am looking for some information on D. Pegasus. Soil type, temp range, humidity, light, etc.

I have in my possession a plant that has not flowered in over 2 years, but still has lots of new growth.

Desperately needs transplant and a splitting up I think.

Anyone have any information that would help?

Thanks much,
Frank

quiltergal · #2 02-19-2008, 11:21 PM

Frank RHS does not list Pegasus as a grex name for any Dens., just about every other genus, but nothing for a Den. Can you post a picture?

razka3 · #3 02-20-2008, 12:24 AM

Here's a link, just searched google, and it's from this board, weird there is not any information though.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...m_Pegasus_.jpg

quiltergal · #4 02-20-2008, 02:07 PM

That looks like a phal type, and would fall into group VI. Warm growers, bright light, no rest.

Ross · #5 02-20-2008, 02:48 PM

I just finished searching as well and that's what I came up with. A picture of the plant would confirm whether it is deciduous or not. If in fact it were a Nobile type, then lack of winter rest might explain the lack of blossoms?

razka3 · #6 02-20-2008, 07:22 PM

I've actually never seen it bloom - so I am going on the shaky assumption it has been labeled correctly and that the picture I posted earlier is of an actual D. Pegasus. Here are two pictures of the plant in question.

Thanks for the interest in helping!

Lagoon · #7 02-20-2008, 09:49 PM

Your Den/phal is a warm grower - give it as much light as it can take without burning it. Slowly gear it toward sunlight few hrs per day. Lighting is a real factor is getting these to bloom.
Fast free draining media. Use a balanced fertilizer. thru out the spring to summer months, also add some epsom salts every third watering.
They bloom late spring and or early fall.

My dens are in sphagnum moss mixed with coarse rok (perlite)

razka3 · #8 02-20-2008, 11:20 PM

Gloria,

Thanks for the quick reply! I will do as you suggested. I am curious however, if it is in as desperate of a need for transplanting and splitting as I initially thought. The medium hasn't been changed in at least 3 years, and does it look crowded in there? There are a few canes which are all brown and shriveled up - probably a good idea to remove those when changing media?

Thanks much.

Lagoon · #9 02-21-2008, 09:12 AM

Dens don't mind being crowded at all, orchids in general like it. I would see if you could remove the smaller canes in the center of the plant, not much of a support system for the other larger canes. Sometimes just a twist and pull can break those up and out.

A 3 year media is spent - if theres any left. I've got some of my catts in clay pots with no media growing real well. But watering is a drag - its' daily mistings and 3 times a week soakings.

Overall your 'chid looks pretty nice and healthy, give it more light, you just might see some blooms

razka3 · #10 02-22-2008, 01:18 AM

Thanks, I did what you said and twisted the old ones off, no problem at all. A lot of the small roots are stuck to the side of the pot and they seem to be going through some of the large chunks of wood that are left in the pot. Should I just soak the whole thing for an hour or so and then try to remove it and replace the media and put it back in the same pot?
I was also hoping to take a few canes off for myself and pot them in a small pot. How feasible is this? Do they separate easily enough? I know when I tried to separate my cymbidium, it was next to impossible to remove the old brown bulbs (someone said they just twist off!).

Frank