Dendrochilum glumaceum

[Phantasm]

 

This one was imported from the Philippines in 2000 and is finally hitting it's stride. They don't like being repotted and take a while to be happy.

[Ross]

Well worth waiting for, in my opinion. Very nice.

[Dorothy]

WOW
Gorgeous specimen!

[cb977]

Wonderful! Are all Dendrochilum picky like that?

[kavanaru]

Gorgeous plant I wish my one were already that large... I recently received one Dendrochilum magnum ( 35 cm tall, 7 PB) and one glumaceum (25 cm tall, 8 PB), both supossed to be blooming size (right?)
I did not know this genus before , so I decided to start doing some research in internet: the only common pint is that they like to be root bounded and dislike repotting... then the ranges goes from cold to warm, from high light to low light intensity, from lots of water to almost no water... confusing, I must say.. Do you, "Dendrochillum- growers", have an experienced advice on them? and of course, last but not least: do they have have a rest period during winter or are continuous growers? this last is to have an idea on when I would get masses of spikes and flowers

[Phantasm]

They do like to be pot bound, but they need to be repotted also when they get too big or the mix breaks down. That being said, you just have to deal with the plant pouting for a year or two. After that, they grow like crazy and bloom very well. That's my experience, for all that it's worth and different species might deal with it better.

As far as how much water, etc. I water mine like crazy in the growing season and cut it down when the weather cools off to avoid rot. Plants just don't need as much water in the winter, and everything in the greenhouse is treated the same except for a few things that like moisture all the time. (phrags, miltoniopsis, mounted plants)

If you have a climate closer to the equator, perhaps they would handle things a bit differently.