Help me "ID" this dendrobium

[Jeshi]

I purchased this NOID dendrobium at a show and would like to know what "kind" or "type" it is to better care for it. I like learning so anything you can tell from looking at it would be great (i.e. soft or hard cane, nobile or den-phal). This is my first den so I've looked up care for different types, but cannot figure out which group this belongs.

My guess is that the canes look shriveled. It seems to be potted in a medium bark underneath that sheet moss. I've soaked it for 20 minutes in 100 ppm N solution weekly since I got it and the canes have plumped up. Every new orchid I get browns a little from the lower humidity (NOT squishy). It's in a west window in 9b (75 degrees F, 50% RH).

I've also run out of Kelpak, so I'm going to order more of that. Thinking about trying to the "Optimal Growth Package" but I just missed the sale.

[estación seca]

It's probably a Den. phal hybrid. Without seeing it unpotted (don't do that yet) it looks like it may be a somewhat recent division and the leafy growth is last year's. I see a cut old flower spike.

These like to stay evenly moist and warm all year. Your temperatures and humidity are OK. I think you should water more frequently, so it doesn't dry completely. As days lengthen and temperatures warm it will produce new growth. If you want to repot, wait until new roots are first seen, 1-2mm long. Choose a pot that gives the plant space for 2-3 more growths.

Don't let any kind of Dendrobium go dry when making new growth, not even the ones preferring a drier winter.

[Jeshi]

estación, thanks for the reply. I read that dens like relatively small pots compared to the growth. When I see roots growing, should I fill a new pot with media and let the new shoots grow into it (to keep the current part undisturbed)? I'm unsure how I would water that as I currently put the pot in a soup container to soak when watering.

Thanks for your advice to water more frequently.

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I take the plant out of the old pot and gently shake off the loosest medium. Then I set into the new pot and fill with fresh medium. I think carefully removing all the old medium damages roots too much.