Dendrobium loddigesii

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by junglequeen

Rosie,
Here is how it looks this morning. The dark green round the middle is the cloth binding.

I'm afraid I can't see your picture. Mine is also thin and spidery as Steve as suggested, but the one in your links looks fatter so it could just vary.

[junglequeen]

Trap for young players - I altered the name of the Album yesterday so I could put other things in it. Silly me! I'll try the new link:

[RosieC]

mmm, looks similar colour to mine, which I think could be a better green. The canes look a little thick but I think it could still be the right thing.

I'm planning on mounting mine on EpiWeb (similar to Ecoweb). Sue said previously that she found this one never did well for her on a standard mount, but just seemed to love Tree Fern. I can't find the link to that comment, but this one shows her's doing well on Tree Fern. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...html#post47346
EpiWeb/Ecoweb is a good substitute for Tree Fern, from what I've been reading recently and Nenella grows her loddigesii on it with good success.

Orchid Board runs a couple of projects a year, where everyone taking part buys the same orchid and compares notes. In the spring we got Den lodiggesii. The project discussion thread has pics of both mine (which has hardly changed since the spring), but also of interest to me at the momment is Nenella's which is growing well on EpiWeb. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ject-cool.html

Anyway, that's my current plan to thy and improve the health of mine (going to wait till the spring to do the mounting.

[junglequeen]

This is great information!!! Actually, I have ad lib Tree Fern here. It grows on my property and I've got a few stumps in my new "nursery garden" under the Norfolk Island Pine, though you cant see them all here:



If I run out of Tree Fern stumps and logs, I can just go up into the bush above my house and search for some fallen ferns.

It is spring/early summer here - maybe I need to do some research into how to take baby plants off mounts ... Freaky!

Many thanks for this help.

[gnathaniel]

Sure looks like a loddigesii from the size and proportions of leaf to cane. I find with mine that the pseudobulbs vary in proportion somewhat from growth to growth, probably having to do with how much light and water they get while actively growing.

The color of yours looks fine to me. The yellowing leaves are part of the natural seasonal cycle of this orchid, which for me always loses every leaf on a growth within a year or two. The new growth is nice and green and looks plenty healthy. Once the plant gets bigger it'll have the energy reserves to put out more new growths at a time, so you'll see kind of a 'snowball' effect in the growth habit.

Good luck, this is a wonderful species!

--Nat

[gnathaniel]

Woah...is that giant tree trunk next to the fence the Norfolk Island Pine you refer to? That must be a gorgeous tree, do you have any pictures of it from afar?

--Nat

[junglequeen]

Originally Posted by gnathaniel

Woah...is that giant tree trunk next to the fence the Norfolk Island Pine you refer to? That must be a gorgeous tree, do you have any pictures of it from afar?

--Nat

Not a good day for taking photos yesterday, Nat - but I will get one!

[junglequeen]

Originally Posted by RosieC

mmm, looks similar colour to mine, which I think could be a better green. The canes look a little thick but I think it could still be the right thing.

I'm planning on mounting mine on EpiWeb (similar to Ecoweb). Sue said previously that she found this one never did well for her on a standard mount, but just seemed to love Tree Fern. I can't find the link to that comment, but this one shows her's doing well on Tree Fern. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...html#post47346
EpiWeb/Ecoweb is a good substitute for Tree Fern, from what I've been reading recently and Nenella grows her loddigesii on it with good success.

Orchid Board runs a couple of projects a year, where everyone taking part buys the same orchid and compares notes. In the spring we got Den lodiggesii. The project discussion thread has pics of both mine (which has hardly changed since the spring), but also of interest to me at the momment is Nenella's which is growing well on EpiWeb. http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ject-cool.html

Anyway, that's my current plan to thy and improve the health of mine (going to wait till the spring to do the mounting.

I went up into the forest yesterday and found myself a couple of old treefern stumps. Would one of these be suitable? I guess I have to soak both the stump and the existing mount before attempting a remount??? Challenges, challenges ....

[cneos]

I'm missing something ... I can't see the flower in your photo.

My loddigesii has thin, wiry canes that stay close to the cork mount that it's on. Cane on your plant looks more robust.

Can you post photo of flower from your plant?

[gnathaniel]

Originally Posted by junglequeen

Not a good day for taking photos yesterday, Nat - but I will get one!

Thanks! I like Norfolk Pines a lot, but I've never seen a big one in person.

Those treefern stumps look like they'll work great. They've got other plants growing on them so they're probably not toxic to oher epiphytes. That's cool that those grow in the woods near your home!

--Nat