Dend amabile and dend moshatum bloomless - Orchid Board

1kathleen · #1 (**permalink**) 03-07-2007, 03:41 PM

I need help bring these two into bloom - both are fairly large - the amabile has lots of green leaves - 4 canes and looks healthy - lots of roots growing up out of pot - have kept fairly dry but not totally through winter -no growth of any kind for 6 months - the moshatum has about 10 leafeless canes and two with several leaves - have kept it dry also - naught on any new growth - both are in bright light in greenhouse with temps 63 or above..Please give me some clues...thanks so much

Ross · #2 (**permalink**) 03-07-2007, 03:46 PM

Not all Dendros are treated the same! I am not familiar with these but first you have to know if they are deciduous (ie., they will loose all the leaves during the rest period - normally winter in Northern Latitudes) or are they evergreen (meaning they keep their leves all year). For the decididous types you MUST provide a rest period for them to go dormant. For the others, you must keep them moist all year. Hope this helps in some small way!

1kathleen · #3 (**permalink**) 03-08-2007, 12:44 PM

Thank you for your help - one is deciduous and one is not so will go from there...k

Orchonubee · #4 (**permalink**) 03-12-2007, 11:27 PM

The D amabile is a cool growing orchid that should be allowed to dry slightly, but never completely. Heavy watering from Autumn till early winter. Light to moderate watering the rest of the year. Light as high as possible, short of burning. D. moschatum grows at the tops of tall deciduous trees in bright light and windy conditions. Treat them similar to your D Anosmum with perhaps a little less drying period in winter. Lots of water for 5 months of summer. Nicely scented flowers arise from upper nodes of older leafy and leafless stems. Much of this was extracted from Orchid Species Culture - Dendrobium by Margaret & Charles Baker. If you are really into Dendrobium this book is indespensible. I hope this was helpful to you, as I share your love of the Dendobium species.

1kathleen · #5 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 04:42 PM

Thanks so much for your help - will check out the book - do love the dendrobiums -finally got my aggregatum to spike -about 7 of them - hope they don't blast...thanks again..k

Orchonubee · #6 (**permalink**) 03-19-2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 1kathleen

Thanks so much for your help - will check out the book - do love the dendrobiums -finally got my aggregatum to spike -about 7 of them - hope they don't blast...thanks again..k

Wow, 7 spikes, this is great. Please post a picture when they bloom. I have never had more than 3 spikes on mine, and I've had it for several years.