My Dendrobium moniliforme
 

So far I have seven of these plants. Six came New World Orchids, where they have quite an extensive list of available plants. If you buy five, they will give you a free one--their choice! The seventh plant I 'won' from eBay vendor Seed Engei. I won another Dendrobium moniliforme from a third eBay vendor that was just selling his excess plants. When that one arrives I'll post its picture.

First up is Benikomachi 紅小町. This is the smallest orchid plant I own. It is a full grown plant. The entire plant is as wide as an inch.

Himekinryu
 

Second plant is Himekinryu. It is the tallest plant. It has yellow edged leaves. It is the biggest plant of this group.

My Dendrobium moniliforme
 

Kinkaku 金閣 is somewhere in size between Benikomachi 紅小町 and Himekinryu. The leaves for Kinkaku 金閣 are also variegated. But unlike Himekinryu, this plant has yellow streaks through out the leaf.

Raizan "Thunder Mountain"
 

This Raizan "Thunder Mountain" seems to be a very popular plant as I see examples of this plant on this board and other places on the Internet. This plant came with two flowers, one is wilting and the other flower is still alive. It has a slight fragrance. The flower is a gentle white flower with a pink blush.

My Dendrobium moniliforme
 

Tennyokan 天女冠 "Heavenly Maiden" is the fifth plant I ordered from New World Orchids. It is also a variegated leaf plant.

Skokkonishiki
 

Skokkonishiki is my free plant. It is another variegated leaf plant. It has white streaks with pink streaks.

My Dendrobium moniliforme
 

Tanchouzuru 丹頂鶴 is my plant I won at auction on eBay from Seed Engei. Note: Seed Engei is a Vanda (Neofinetia) falcata vendor. Once in awhile they offer Dendrobium moniliforme, Cymbidiums, etc. plants that are cultivated in Japan. This is not listed as a Dendrobium moniliforme but a species.

How're these guys doing?

Wow, amazing, all of them, I love these minis!

My Dendrobium moniliforme
 

These plants are doing better. I was growing them like Neofinetia--intermittent watering, cooler temperatures, lots of humidity, bright light. But they seemed to be declining. I moved them into a warmer, brighter space and watered them more often, and now they are looking healthier. They lost a lot of leaves around the end of October when it started getting really cold. The canes are still supple and I can see really tiny buds on the leaf brachts--roots? New spike? I have no idea--these are different from other Dendrobium--they are easier to grow--I usually kill regular Dendrobium after a month of owning the plant. These are still alive and it has been almost five months!

They are small plants, the flowers are appropriately sized to the plant and they are fragrant.

Matt don't be surprised if they're all roots. Quay sent me "raizan" and it promptly lost all of its leaves in clear protest to being in my care. It then grew like an alien species with roots coming out of every joint and lead node and even now has few leaves but is flowering and still has an incredible number of roots. The plant is growing in aqua mat which it seems to enjoy.


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These guys are incredible when they bloom. A friend at my OS brought two of hers in to show off and I was very impressed. :)

Hi Matt, moved all my moniliforme from my cool bedroom with west exposure to my little orchid room with T8 lights. They were just keiking instead of blooming and some were declining.

Now my Sekkoku has bloomed with two flowers (it wasn't thriving but it seems a bit better) and my Miyako-hime has two flowers now; maybe what looks like tons more keiki will turn out to be buds.
Also, my Shikinjyo suddenly has many buds.

These plants normally bloom during the winter months.

I read, on NewWorldOrchid's website, that they bloomed at this time of year. But its good to get that info from you, Adrienne. And all of these plants I have pictured are just aptly described by Ryan as "sticks and roots."

Where I had them it just didn't seem like they were "happy" (I know, weird, thinking plants have emotions) so when I moved them from my bedroom on the west side to a southern facing room that is warmer and brighter, they looked better. Maybe their sojourn on the west side was enough of a winter for them?

Sticks and roots can be a good thing. If you lay them on their sides, each section (joint, union, node...whatever you want to call it), will produce a new cane. So if you get the hang of growing them, you can have a pretty good display in little time.

I need to do more research on these guys, though... as I have questions.

Very nice plants!!!

So that's what a healthy 'Raizan' should look like! I wouldn't know based on mine.


What are your guy's are cycles throughout the year? (ie. spring light water, summer heavy water, fall declining water, winter no water)

Martin, I water them when the moss dries out year round, just like the Neos. Having hard water, typically fertilize every other watering or every third watering between 1/8 or 1/4 tsp of MSU for tap water.

They seem happy in their new home under T8 lights with 72F daily and 64F nightly temps.

Thanks for the tips!!