Although I do agree that Dendrobiums tend to be more forgiving and regenerate faster than a Phalaenopsis. The trick with Dendrobiums is that they don't like being grown in moss at all (in fact many Dendrobiums in the wild aren't found with moss, they're found growing on the bark of trees itself or amongst lichen, not moss) and you have to find the ones that don't go dormant. Dendrobiums that are related to Den nobile and their hybrids go dormant. Many novice growers aren't aware of this and aren't ready to take on such unusual behavior in a non-bulbous flowering plant.
This is why Dendrobiums aren't really recommended to total beginners.
If you're a beginner and luck out with the Dendrobium phalaenopsis hybrids and the Dendrobium hybrids that contain Dendrobiums in the section Spathulata, then you don't have to worry about the plant going dormant and becoming deciduous because they're evergreen.
Trust me, if you've never grown orchids before, it's mind boggling trying to figure out which ones go dormant and which ones don't. Then there's trying to figure out what characteristics constitute for the plant starting dormancy.
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