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Originally Posted by dbarron
As a rule dendrobiums grow pretty fast for me. Are you not maybe exaggerating (7 years)?  I hope you are.
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There are Dendrobiums, and then there are Dendrobiums... Yes, spectabile is one of the slow ones - and gets very big. (One of the things I don't grow because it needs to be warm and GH too small) Den. speciosum is another. 10 years from seedling to bloom is optimistic. That one I can grow outside so I have several (mature plants) When either of them get big, Oh Baby!
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Originally Posted by PlumCrazy
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I've been considering that. Obviously it is blooming now, so I'll let it be for the moment. When would be a good time to repot and do you have any suggestions for a different medium? I have been using mostly just straight orchiata. My "big" orchids (as opposed to my usual minis which are in an orchidarium) are in my new sunroom. I keep it around 70 degrees and have humidifiers that keep it around 55% humidity.
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I find that the reedstem epis do well in small bark (like my Cymbidiums mix) Orchiata isn't necessary, they do fine in the cheap stuff. But small Orchiata will certainly work. They're not fussy. The newer (and bigger) hybrids like this one aren't as cold-tolerant as the older, more generic ones, but still are fine down to 50 deg F or xo. Don't particularly care about humidity. Nice thing about them, they bloom and bloom and bloom. (Keep popping out new flowers, for months) They do like to stay on the damp side, so no need to rush to repot.
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