Hey everyone. I have a question about an orchid I purchased back at the beginning of April. I bought a Dendrobium Unicum from a hobbyist and I believe he knows what he's talking about as he has two huge greenhouses full of healthy and flowering plants.
The Dendrobium Unicum I bought from him was in dormancy. He basically said not to do anything to it until it started putting out leaves. The media, which I think is moss, was hard. I'd asked him about watering it. He said I could, but not to go overboard until it started growing leaves.
I've now had it for 2 months and have seen no changes. I don't water if often, and when I do I just drop it in a sink full of warm water with a couple of other plants and let it soak for a while. When I do, the roots that are exposed and much of the stalks will turn green for a while.
I have no experience with dendrobiums. This is my first. I'm a little worried about it. I've read that you can simply not water or give very little water to dendrobiums from Halloween till valentines day, but this is well past that time. I also know it went from a humid greenhouse to inside my house where humidity tends to be between 40% and 55%, according to a cheap meter I have. Temps hover around the mid to low 70's. It gets moderately bright light from a 6500k cfl and a west facing window.
Can anyone reassure me on about this plant. Should I water it more or be doing anything to stimulate it to start growing? There is a small keiki on the side. It has good roots and I'll remove it once it starts growing, but I worry about the roots not being in the media and getting that little extra bit of water. That's mostly why I soak instead of straight water.
Once it does start growing, do you water it as often as you water other orchids, or do you look for a sign, like the canes starting to shrivel. With it liking a period of dryness, I just didn't know if it liked a lot of water once it started growing. Thanks for the help.
Dendrobium Unicum - No Clue, Dormancy
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