Dendrobium Mini Zengyo
 

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Blooms are very similar to my Den. bigibbum v compactum, canes are taller and leafier tho.

Another where the color is hard to capture - you can see the difference under different light ( bright shade vs bright sun). Actual color is more vivid.

Five spikes, tho three have only a few buds/blooms - but the other two are quite nice :)

Thanks for looking :)

Very cute! I love mini dendrobiums.

Gorgeous flowers and photos.

Very nice! I have a similar one, but it's not blooming :(

Very floriferous! I only have a couple of these bigibbum type but I seem to blast buds when they are a good size and the leaves get spotted and fall off. Not sure what I do wrong!

Yours is lovely!

Beautiful flowers, I have one that is in spike now but is nowhere the size of yours.This is the second year it has bloomed for me.

WOW! Beautiful plant and loads of flowers.
It obviously loves how you treat it.

This is a spectacular display of blooms...I love the vivid colors....it seems like a Biggibum compactum, but the canes are long....

thanks Gage
thanks Ron
thanks nenella
:blushing::blushing:


thanks silken - I know I left mine outside too late into the year last year (just grew it indoors this year), and did have some buds blast, blooms didn't last long at all, and the (at the time) most recently matured canes lost all their foliage :p These don't seem to much like being a bit chilly at night at all - don't know if that's a possibility in your case ?

thanks - I hope yours blooms soon! More light needed, maybe ?

thanks - this is it's best blooming so far - got it as a small 3 growth division in spring '09

thanks :)
yes, the blooms are VERY similar to my bigibbum v compactum, but the canes are different

Our summer days are warm, but I suppose you could say the nights are cool-maybe 60F or 65F in summer. They live in the greenhouse. Maybe they should be on a heat mat at all times!

I wouldn't think those temps would be too cool - mine was getting much cooler - outside at night Oct, Nov ...

growing indoors this year, I know I've been getting up in the morning and it's about 66 in the house, and it's been just fine

Very cute and nice color, and look great in your pictures!
I see lots of these mini dendrobiums at stores now. very tempting. hehehe

Yours do look like bigibbum (I'm sure it was used as a parent somewhere along the breeding line) but flower shape is not as full and round as bigibbum.

Bigibbums withstand quite low temperature in the wild. dry and chilly rest season.
Spatulata types are true tropical found closer to the equator.

thanks :)

I have a bigibbum v compactum (posted bloom pix last week, I think ?)- you're right about the difference in shape - I haven't pushed low temps on that one, tho it probably gets a bit lower than the usual recommended temps in winter - but most of my orchids do ;)

Yeah, I don't think the hybrids need that cool dry rest.
Many orchids will take lower than recommended minimum as long as they are kept on the dry side and got used to it slowly.
I don't push the limit though. lol