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Originally Posted by jaminkw
My log in name is an attempt to be clever with my initials (JAM) in Key West. I'm a fairly good grower with more than a dozen orchids of different varieties blooming right now. I'm stumped by my Den. Bonnie Riley (Den. farmeri x Den. chrysotoxum). I've had it for years. It doesn't keep leaves for very long let alone bloom, but it doesn't die either! I'm trying to find the culture for it with no luck beyond it should grow well with Cats. Mine doesn't! One website divides Dens into three categories: Nobile, New Guinea and Australia. The "chrysotoxum" aspect comes from S China, NE India and the Indochinese peninsula. Depending on where Bonnie Riley hails from may offer the answer to my problem--Key West is too hot in the summer and even in winter not cool enough at night? Anyone have one? Can I summer it in the AC in the house in a bright window? Help would be appreciated.
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While not a Dendrobium fancier (generally) and known here to "kill" many Dends, If yours is a hard cane Dendro, then winter rest is the key. I have never found temps to be a problem with Dendros. Not in Hawaii, or anywhere warm. But wet season/dry season is. I have been to Key West. Have you thought of planting it in the ground outside? Just a thought. Follow the rains and when wet season comes, water, when dry season comes withhold water. Now this is based on deciduous dendrobiums ONLY!
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