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Old 10-07-2013, 08:24 PM
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Evening, everyone!

I picked up my first dendrobium this evening while my fiance and I were out at Lowes..shocked I found one there, but I fell in love with its flowers and I have been wanting try one for a while. It looked healthy from what I could see (I didn't remove it to look at its roots but I did dig through the moss some), though I am not that familiar with them.

I was wondering if you guys could take a look at the pictures and tell me how it looks, if there is anything I should be concerned with, and what I should do with it as far as leaving it where it is or repotting it in another medium. I was also wondering if it was overpotted? It's only got two stalks (and a third dinky tiny one, not sure if that's old or new?) and it looks sort of small for the pot.

Its pot does have drainage and upon inspection into the drainage holes it has a bunch of styrofoam in there as well for drainage. I could only see a few stringy green roots, I have not taken it out to look at it.

Are these one of the variety that require a winter rest after blooming? What kind of light should I give it? I'm currently in the process of buying some of Ray's LEDs for the rest of my collection, as my windows face west and have trees outside so everyone is now getting significantly less light.

Any help would be appreciated, and in the mean time, I will get to Googling!

Thanks!!

PS - Sorry for my crappy cell phone pictures and equally messy kitchen. =3
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