Dendrobium....Phalaenopsis or Nobile

[RosieC]

Yes, Dens do like a drier winter although the Dens Phal types don't need to be kept dormant like others do.

I let the media guide my watering and keep them about the same all year, it's just that they need less water to keep the medium at the same level in the winter.

[Call_Me_Bob]

thanks i can see buds on mine now

[Call_Me_Bob]

here is my den. outside in its summer home

[RosieC]

Just be careful of too much direct sun. Mine get some but I've damaged the leaves on some with too much.

[Rosiefuture]

I don't put my dens in direct sun, they do burn easily.

Marion

[Call_Me_Bob]

it only gets sun for a few hours. is that too much? otherwise its in shade.

[Duane McDowell]

The best way to tell if a plant is getting too much sun is to hold one of the top leaves during the sunniest part of the day. If the leaf feels cool to the touch, the plant is transpiring quickly enough to regulate the plant's internal temperature. If, however, the leaf is warm to the touch, it is losing water faster than the plant can deliver it, and the leaves will become stressed. Hope this helps!

[Call_Me_Bob]

okay, that helps. i tried it earlier, but it wasnt when the sun was on it, but it seemed cool. i will try again when it has sun on it

[VickiLB]

This is a Den. Phal because of number of reasons, Phals have spikes with flowers buds on the ends which looks like what is happening to yours, noblies have buds all up and down the canes all at once and usually in the spring, the pic you had was definitely a Burana type which is a phal, and if those leaves look as thick and firm as I think they are again that is a phal. Noblies have thinner smaller and more leaves on their pseudobulbs. If you have had plant more than a year you would have noticed that noblies also lose more leaves over the winter than phals do. I hope this was helpful. VickiLB

[Call_Me_Bob]

here are pictures of the spikes now. they are bigger now :O