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07-02-2007, 08:26 PM
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Who said Dendro are hard to grow?
Hi all, I got this Dendro at the home depot about 3 months ago, I noticed that there was a broken baby tube laying on the bottom. Today I notice that tube was sprout leaves.  Is this normal for these plants? Now who was it that said they are hard to grow  
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07-02-2007, 08:30 PM
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They're weeds.
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07-02-2007, 08:32 PM
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Roots are good
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I don't think anyone has ever said (that I recall) Dendros are hard to grow. What my experience has been is that many Dendros (and some other spp as well) choose not to cooperate with your watering regime. For me I love the combo of mini terrarium-loving dendros (like aberrans) or deciduous types like anosmum. Either one is pretty-much fool-proof (for me.)
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I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
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07-02-2007, 08:36 PM
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Mine are growing like crazy.
I also had a similar new shoot off of an old, kind of broken cane.
I'm new at this, but the dendro's I have are all doing very well. They must be easy!
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07-02-2007, 08:39 PM
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Well that might explain it, they have been getting rained on pretty much everyday, mine must like alot of water. lots of new growth. Pardon my ignorance is this considered mericlone or just a division?
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07-02-2007, 08:43 PM
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Congrats...you have a baby 
It's not a division, it's a keiki 
Let the roots grow a few inches, then give it a home of it's own  |
07-02-2007, 08:44 PM
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Sorry no cigars Now that I think of it, it may not be from the same plant I have, it could have come from another plant 
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Roots are good
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flhiker
Sorry no cigars |
Shoot!  I was hopin for a nice Cuban.
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I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
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07-02-2007, 10:07 PM
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Either or from existing dend or another, in a nutshell it's a new baby (keiki). Had a friend give me to pseudo's like yours, sphag n bag them and within weeks..produced a keiki.
Dends are easy for some, harder for others...I can't grow an african violet but I can grow orchids...go figure.
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07-02-2007, 11:11 PM
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And now you know the basics of propagation by cutting . My son and I have done this with several of our dendros. Cut the oldest cane off the plant. Cut that cane up into pieces that have a couple of leaf nodes each. Throw them in some moist peat in a shallow dish (we use a frisbee...how scientific) and sealed it up in a ziplock bag. A couple of weeks later...Keiki!!  I'm not sure all Dendros can be propagated this way, but all the ones we tried worked.
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