Hey Tmoney,
I have come to simiar conclusions to you about dendrobium Nobile hybrids.
I can recommend the Dendrobium Love Memory "Fizz" as that stays half the size of most nobile hybrids.
But like I posted about dendrobiums, by the time you get them to flower you will be overrun with keiki's.
They like to reproduce via keiki's far more than they like flowering. People say it is fertilizing or wrong temps that cause keiki's but I think the more important question is can one stop a dendrobium producing keiki's because although people often blame the grower for having done something wrong to me stopping a dendrobium from making keiki's is like trying to stop a cockerel from crowing in the morning.
Nobiles also get big, like Cattleya size big. The canes end up going all over the place.
It is amazing how fast they grow, like my Nobiles are my fastest growers but in turn they need to be watered the most too.
And they take up soo much space you could have 8 phals in the space that one Dendrobium Nobile takes up...
I hate growing outside. Wind blows over the pots. Rain can be an issue.
Slugs will hitchhike a ride back every time.
Considering the outcome of this one does not matter that much and we have since discovered that nobiles do not need the 14 degrees to flower I would suggest to leave this one as is.
The plant will want to flower in February. That is what it is currently gearing up to do as are my Nobiles.
Sticking it outside now will just "trick" it to flower 2 months early.
Ok... then what. What will the plant do in February when it is meant to be flowering?
I can predict it will be confused, it will get stressed and you guessed it what does a stressed Dendrobium do? It produces keiki's
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