Dendrobium Surprise

[AussieVanda]

Anyone's guess...take a punt!!

The largest dendrobium you can see in the photo has been in my collection for over 6 years. in the old house it just didn't get enough light and it got watered way too much. I inherited it without a tag so no idea if it is a hybrid or species.

in the new house entirely new position with a stack of high light and I have pretty much left the watering to mother nature. As it is the dry season here, it has gotten 5 fifths of stuff all water.

So in 6 months it been at the new house the pseudo bulbs have gone ballistic with the largest being 1.5 metres in length and 2 months ago spikes started with some now ready to pop.

The question is...what is it? I kinda have a suspicion it is a new guinea hybrid mostly due to the size of the bulbs but wouldn't be surprised if it was a Den discolor.

time will tell but with 3 to 4 spikes for each PB, it should be rather spectacular when all out.

Anyway take a guess.....

[Ordphien]

Oh wow. I can't wait to see it in full bloom

[shushu45]

Whatever it is I can't wait to see it bloom too.

[Optimist]

Glorious. Do you think the flowers are yellow? I've really started to love dendrobiums more than I used to.

[pipsxlch]

What about discolor var. broomfieldii/ 'Port Moresby Gold'? I can't open the pics, but the buds look quite yellow from what I can see. My broomfieldii is very yellow, and VERY ambitious in height. Of course, flower morphology when it opens will help.
I've noticed my discolor and primary discolor hybrids really do require the light to bloom also.

Edit to add in the last photo, the leaves look sort of 'stubby'- shortened and rounded. I've noticed that on my discolor and primary discolor hybrids also, the leaves are shorter and rounder than on my other spatulatas. They often seem to be placed a little tighter on the pbulbs too, which yours seems to show. Of course, cultural conditions would affect this, so I don't know for sure. But I'd bet yours has a lot of discolor in it if it isn't a pure discolor.

[AussieVanda]

Still waiting patiently, hopefully find out soon!

[AussieVanda]

Drum roll................100% discolor! So far only about 6 buds opened. Ill post photo when more are open. In a few weeks it should look the goods as I have 11 spikes with 50 to 60 buds per spike, thats 550 to 600 flowers approx.

[AussieVanda]

Okay, here's photo's of a few flowers. It is discolor var. fuscum.

I'll still wait a few weeks to give all the spikes a chance to flower then I'll re-post in the dendrobium section. Enjoy....

[WhiteRabbit]

Awesome!

[ilikeorchids]

Beautiful! Beautiful!