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glengary54 · #11 10-27-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mimimax

The weather here in Chicago is the craziest thing, I agree. My sister gave me a dendrobium in the past. No matter what I did with that thing I couldn't make it bloom for several years, I gave up and left it out in the unheated covered back porch without food and water for an entire freezing winter. Imagine my surprise when i came out the following spring and see this thing with spikes all over it!

mimimax - That Dendrobium was obviously one of the soft cane Dendrobiums that need a cool/cold dry winter rest in order to bloom, please do not try that with the typical commercial Phalaenopsis type Dendrobiums, they will not survive.

jeem132 · #12 10-28-2011, 02:12 PM

what is a phalaenopsis type dendrobium. i hate phal orchids but a phal dendrobium sound cool. phals don't intrest me. there blooms or beautiful but i like orchids with a complex plan structure and growth habbit for when the plant is not in bloom

glengary54 · #13 10-28-2011, 04:13 PM

jeem132 - Here is a link to a typical Den phalaenopsis:

OrchidWeb.com: Orchid Learning Center - Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Care

jeem132 · #14 10-28-2011, 07:43 PM

that's cool and it's ever green like my aggragacum. i'm going to get one. are they slow growers? i have a kinganium and it grows like crazy.

glengary54 · #15 10-28-2011, 08:02 PM

jeemq32 - The link was to the species for reference of what the Den phalaenopsis type flowers look like. Many of the large flowered Dens that you see everywhere for sale are phal type Dens. They are easy to grow and grow quickly and rebloom for several years from old and new growth.

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Originally Posted by jeem132

that's cool and it's ever green like my aggragacum. i'm going to get one. are they slow growers? i have a kinganium and it grows like crazy.