Dendrobium - Identification

[pjoeverett]

Can anyone identify this dendrobium?

[NYCorchidman]

Dendrobium Emma White 'Mutation'
Emma White is a white flowering plant but the mutation forms come out with light green stripes and the "deformed" lip.

[pjoeverett]

Thank-you so much....you are so totally right. I looked closely and I could see the faint green stripes. Now my plant has a name.

[RosieC]

Wow, normally I would say you can't be sure just because something looks the same, not with all the Dens of this type out there... but in this case I think the mutation makes it pretty certain.

[pjoeverett]

Thank-you so very much for your help. My next question will be in regards to a very slow growing B. nodesa 'Mendenhall ' AM/AOS. I picked the plant up several years ago and it just hasn't grown. I've had 2 new growths in the past 2 years. It is grown in OH. in a small pot w/ sm. bark chips near a SW window. Any suggestions.

[NYCorchidman]

You mean Brassavola Nodosa?
I'm not sure if that particular variety normally grows that slowly, but I doubt it given then Brassavola nodosa usually grows like a weed.

Something might be wrong. not sure.
Has it bloomed in the past two years?

[pjoeverett]

Very sm.plant when purchased...never bloomed
there are approx. 3 growths

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When I read NYCorchidman response to my husband he laughed out loud

[NYCorchidman]

Why? Did he take the weed in the wrong way? lol

[pjoeverett]

He knows how hard I try and sometimes he says I do too much. After 4 yrs I finally had blooms on my Brassia Rex 'Barbara' and now I want more. We do not have a greenhouse..just a sunrm. And now most of my cats and oncidiums are outside in the trees this summer. I also have trouble getting my onc. to bloom ....plenty of new growths but no spiking.

[Island Girl]

Your B. nodosa might just need more light (that is, if it's large/mature enough to flower... Could be too young?), they like Cattleya-type lighting.... *but, they have to be acclimated to the bright light, don't just stick it in the sun

I've also heard that B. nodosa is one of those that needs a "Bloom Booster" type fertilizer (higher phosphate, which is the "P" in the NPK), in the fall...

Read thru this culture sheet, they are very informative, and w/ most of the culture sheets, you pay like $1 per sheet, but this one is a freebie (an example sheet, to show what u get when u order the Baker's Culture Sheets)
Brassavola nodosa Culture