I took every ounce of my willpower to try and get this to bloom.
I got this last May with only a dried up spike left, so I knew it was blooming size. Through the summer and fall it grew about 8 or 9 pseudobulbs, none of which bloomed but I expect them to next year. Anyways... I stopped watering after the last growth matured... in early December; my south window gets pretty warm with any sunlight at all even near the open window. I watched as the psb's slowly shriveled to practically nothing until I misted it lightly, fighting the urge to water it. Then the holidays kicked in and I forgot all about it until about the end of January when spikes began to emerge! I began watering once the spikes were a couple inches long, though I probably will wait longer next time for them to fully develop. Heavy fertilizer and daily watering from now on!
Apologies for a little over exposure in the background. A terribly old point and shoot can only do so much.
Dendrobium aggregatum!
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