Dendrobium phalaenopsis, (I'm talking about the species here, not the hybrid types), does have a winter "dry out" in the wild. It still rains in the winter, but far, far less compared to late spring and summer.
So, for anybody growing Den phalaenopsis and has been watering them regularly even during the winter, you can actually save some money on water by just letting this species go much drier in the winter.
During the winter, you can drop the watering down to once every 2 - 3 weeks, and it'd be fine.
It is also mostly found as a lithophyte in nature, btw.
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