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Originally Posted by Leafmite
I really like it and I am thinking I need one of these. So, a few questions...how tall is it? How are you growing this?  |
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Originally Posted by SaraJean
Nice! I didn’t know this one was fragrant. How much light are you giving yours? I just got this one from Andy’s last month and I’ve been keeping mine pretty bright with some direct sun in the late afternoon-evening, no signs of burning, but I’m not sure if that’s too much. I really like the look of this guy. Husband is pretty sure I got swindled and was sold sticks on a stick  |
They grow bright, as bright as a Cattleya. The leaves will turn red-violet under bright light and they are quite impressive when they do turn color like this, in my opinion. It is like the leaves are on fire. So,
, I'm not so sure I agree with your husband.
Mine are about 2 feet under some flood lamps that are rated at producing about 3,600 lumens and have a Kelvin temperature of about 6,000 K.
I grow these intermediate to warm, 15.6 C - 32.2 C (60 F - 90 F).
Dry out between waterings.
They are moderately slow growing.
Like I mentioned, they are successive bloomers with 1 - 2 flowers per spike at one given time, (at least, mine have so far only produced 2 flowers per spike at the most, but I see Andy has had some that produced quite a bit of flowers per spike). They are pretty free blooming. I get flowers about once a week.
They are only fragrant from around 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
You've got to get close to the flowers to smell them. If you're about a few inches away from the flower, you'll definitely smell them.
They top out at around 12 - 15 inches (30.5 cm - 38.1 cm) tall.
Den equitans has cigar shaped pseudobulbs.
Mine is potted in tree fern fiber. The large grade bark is only top dressing because I felt that some of the roots were a bit more exposed to the air than I'd like them to be.
Dendrobium equitans
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