Dend. ID?

[M68]

So my mom gave me a noid dend that she has had for years and it's never blossomed for her. I was wondering if it was possible to tell what group its in without flowers? Also, will it be okay with 50-55 °F nights?

[mayres]

Unless she purchased it at an orchid show it is probably a common phal-type dend. - most of which are sold as noids at home improvement centers and grocery stores - they STILL can be very beautiful and enjoyable even without a name/id. Up the light substantially from what it has been getting and hopefully you should get an explosion of flowers on some of that growth - then you/we'll know some more about what you have!

[mayres]

It isn't going to die with nights like that but will probably grow faster if kept a wee bit warmer.

[orchideric]

It does not look like a Dendrobium. I think it is a Cattleya due to its consistently 2-leaved growths. Try to keep the nights around 60 degrees and give the plant a little more light than it has been getting.

Eric

[M68]

Originally Posted by orchideric

It does not look like a Dendrobium. I think it is a Cattleya due to its consistently 2-leaved growths. Try to keep the nights around 60 degrees and give the plant a little more light than it has been getting.

Eric

Hmm, I didn't even think of that possibility. Its next to a catt that blooms every winter, so I hope thats enough light to get it to bloom so I can tell for sure what it is.

[mayres]

That looks like a possibility - I just looked at the thumbnail originally and it looked like a bunch of sprawling small canes? Are there any pseudobulbs at the base of the leaves? That will tell us what group we're looking at - maybe you can take a close up of the section of the plant between the bottom leaves and the media?