Dendrobium tannii first bloom seedling

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This Dendrobium tannii came from Andys Orchids in March 2016 as a blooming-sized seedling. I goofed up a few times over the last year; I put it into a bucket to soak overnight, and forget about it. That killed most of the new growths it made last season.

[PaphLover]

Oh, pretty!

[Pattywack]

Very nice! Good thing it survived your drowning attempt, poor thing.

[u bada]

I've been wanting that one... one of my visits there I saw a group but they told me that the color range was variable and I just don't want a white one (even though I normally love white flowers, don't know why I was picky that day)... anyway, that's a great light lavender/pink!

Good to know it can handle abuse, and I guess it handled high heat and lowish humidity at times?

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It was in the sunroom. Until July 2016 I splashed buckets of water on the floor twice a day to keep humidity up, at least 60%. Temperatures went up to the low 100s F / 39C during the day, lower at night.

Mid July 2016 I got a portable evaporative cooler, which I ran constantly in the sunroom. Humidity was always 70% plus, and temperature 80 F / 27C most of the time. I turned the swamp cooler off October 2016. Humidity remains 60% plus. During the winter I heated the space to a minimum of 60 F / 15C.

It took well over a month for the buds to emerge then open.

[jkofferdahl]

It sure has survived nicely! What a lovely flower. Congratulations!

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Still going strong. I'm wondering whether it had spider mites - there seem to be little pits on the leaves I just noticed after taking the photo.

[LovePhals]

Some of my dens had pitting like that and leaves began falling off! I have several that are very poor looking now. Spray that right away it is mites! I have had plants that have that in active flower but it gets worse. It may be old...

[No-Pro-mwa]

I love when blooms last a long time. It looks good even if you made a boo boo.