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dedrobium lodiggesii flowers

Question:

a high mountain plant that is pretty tough to keep alive much less flower. They like it really cool and dry in the winter. That really helps. As far as long lasting, few species dendrobiums last long. Two weeks is a good length. Wardianum is about the best for lasting, but it too is VERY (read next to impossible) to cultivate.

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a high mountain plant that is pretty tough to keep alive much less flower. They like it really cool and dry in the winter. That really helps. As far as long lasting, few species dendrobiums last long. Two weeks is a good length. Wardianum is about the best for lasting, but it too is VERY (read next to impossible) to cultivate.

        I don’t know if it is that hard to keep alive, mine seems to be doing just fine and growing like a weed.  Blooming it is another thing entirely.  I know it blooms because I bought it with flowers on it, I just can’t get it to do it again.  Perhaps it is growing so well because I can’t keep it cool enough in the winter, it certainly won’t go dormant and still has all of its leaves.  It is mounted on tree-fern, and hence I can’t keep it watered very well (I don’t know why I bother with mounts…).  Next year I am going to take a friend’s advise and not water it at all for two or three months during the winter (and maybe put it closer to the window where it is cooler). Rob  Rob’s rules to live by:                            |  Send me pods!    (1) There is always room for one more orchid.    |    (2) There is always room for two more orchids.   |    (3) There is no rule 3.                          |  Will Flask for Food

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Apologies for anyone reading this outside the California bay area; I tried to limit distribution to california, at least. I had a dendrobium nobile experience severe stress last year, and as a result it threw off lots of keikis.  I’ve given several away to friends already, but still have more than I need.  In fact the original plant has another half-dozen keikis just starting out this year – all the eyes for new leads are gone, so that’s all the poor thing can do. If you’re interested in swapping me something in exchange for one or two one year old nobile plantlets, let me know.  They’re all either one or two spikes, about 2-3 inches tall, and potted in 3-4 inch clay pots with medium fir bark.  I figure another year or two for them to bloom, depending on what kind of growth they experience this summer. I have two plants that I want to part with. For those unfamiliar with the species, they are deciduous orchids which have fragrant, long-lasting white blooms with a touch of red on the inside (if my memory serves me correctly).  They’re pretty hardy plants, able to take a lot of sun and varied temperature extremes. Oh, I also have an extra miltoniopsis celle as a result of a recent splitting.  I originally intended to split the plant in half, but ended up splitting off an extra group.  The plant I want to swap has three mature bulbs, and one or two new growths just starting.  It’s smaller than ideal, so if you’re interested you’ll have to judge it’s viability for yourself.  This celle has purple flowers with a white center.  If you’re not familiar with miltonias, and/or not experienced with orchids, I would not recommend this one for you. I’m open to a swap for anything that I don’t already have.  Drop me a line and we can talk. –Neil Menlo Park, CA  (San Francisco Bay Area)

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This plant does need a dry winter, and will stand a cool – if not cold – one; and its main enemy is the slug. It thrives in very bright light, I find.   Oliver Sparrow

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 -= On 06 May 95  22:10:31, Lac Long Quan wrote to ALL a message titled dedrobium lodiggesii flowers<=- Hello Quan!  LLQ I have a dendrobium loddiggesii that flowers in the last late  LLQ winter. Contrary to waht all the book say about the flowers being  LLQ LONG-LASTING, It lasted me only 2 weeks max. The plant itself grow  LLQ very  wel so i dont suspect any wrong with it.  LLQ Any suggestion ? Seems to be normal. I have the same results in this part of the world and in an area which is regarded as suitable for this species. Here it flowers ( with any luck ) also late winter. At present ( it is autumn here ) it is still full of leaves. So from here on in no ( or at least less ) water and hoping for the best in the month of October. BTW I keep mine in an unheated glass house where the temperature can go down to -2

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