Dendrobium unicum

[Bud]

How lovely ! This orchid smells like crayons....my plant blasted its blooms....oh well, maybe next year

[silken]

I love the colour!

[LovePhals]

To all of you that have one, how long do your blooms last? Mine didn't last quite as long as I thought. Maybe 2 weeks or so. That may be normal or I may be under watering. I haven't given it much water, but my impression is that they don't want a lot of water. My-humidity is between 50-60%.
Thanks for the comments, I love it too. Sorry to hear your flowers blasted Bud.

[Plodde]

Mine have lasted over a month now. My first flower bud opened on 3/15/15. They are pretty long lasting flowers. I lost some flowers from excessive heat when I accidentally let my tank get over 90 degrees. But I still have some flowers left and they are still very fragrant.
Mine is mounted on wood and LOVES water. I soak it everyday and sometimes I will spray it mid day ( only because it is starting to get very hot in the desert where I live).
they should definitely be lasting longer then two weeks so maybe it is from lack of water or too much heat?? ,

[Romeomffn]

Originally Posted by LovePhals

Thank you! I got this from Marble Branch at the orchid show in bud. They have them NBS on their website for just 18 dollars I think. You should try it, if you do I got great instructions from them on growing it I could PM you.

Could I get instructions please? I just bought mine and it will be arriving this weekend or next week. Will need info on how not to send it to orchid heaven. thanks

[LovePhals]

Originally Posted by Romeomffn

Could I get instructions please? I just bought mine and it will be arriving this weekend or next week. Will need info on how not to send it to orchid heaven. thanks

I have mine sitting in a south window, they are supposed to like a lot of light. I also think I was under watering it b/c as soon as I picked up the watering my remaining blooms have still not fallen off! The instructions I got basically told me not to water much at all and just spritz the roots until flowering was complete, but I found that to be not enough. Where did you get yours?

[mimigirl]

LovePhals did i miss what type pot and media you ate using?