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   MeasomerPi

   almost 2 years ago

   Do you know what kind of orchid this is? I’m guessing it’s a dendrobium, probably not a dendrobium nobile. The canes are more slender than a dendrobium nobile. For a typical dendrobium, the media needs to dry out between waterings. It looks like it’s in a reasonably course bark which is good. Your plant looks pretty desiccated. The canes of a hydrated plant will be smooth. Thirsty plants will be wrinkled. A little wrinkling is fine. Mine do it between waterings. Have you checked the roots? It may not have a lot. Luckily that new shoot will start pushing out roots. Because it’s so dehydrated, you might consider topdressing the pot with sphagnum. That will keep moisture closer to the plant and available to the new roots while letting the media in the pot dry out quickly. I use the weakly weekly method to fertilize. They want a lot of light but no direct sunlight. Mine under grow lights that stay on for 12 hours. If you’re using sunlight, an east window would be ideal, but near a south window or a west with absolutely no direct sun should be fine. Light is the real key to flowering, but I wouldn’t expect any for several years. They also like to be kept in smaller pots, which I find challenging because they get super top heavy quickly. A heavy cachepots can be very helpful here. Repot every 2 to 3 years or when the media breaks down. When you repot, you could remove the oldest canes if you want, but I wouldn’t take too many. The plant is pulling resources from the old canes to product that new shoot. If it is a dendrobium nobile, they are a little more complicated but not terribly so. The care is basically the same except that they need a cooler dormancy period. Don’t confuse the dendrobium nobile with your typical dendrobium. They are deciduous. Older canes will loose leaves in fall/winter as they enter dormancy. Those will not develop new leaves but provide additional resources to the rest of the plant during leaner times (think pseudobulb). Fortunately the new canes leaf up nicely. A good sign of dormancy is the ends of the new canes will develop terminal leaves. Basically if you see a little bump on the end of the cane, it’s done growing. This starts to happen November-ish. You want to begin withholding water and fertilizer. If canes wrinkle significantly, you can give it a tiny drink. Most sources say they need a drop in During active growth (new cane development begins spring-ish), they want to mostly dry out between waterings. Feed regularly during active growth. They seem to respond well to the weakly weekly method. temperature of around 10 deg during dormancy to initiate blooming. The rest of the care requirements are basically the same as a typical dendribium. Hopefully my rambling haven’t been too confusing

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     pelšsy

     almost 2 years ago

     thank you! i’m not really sure what it is 😅 just trying to get it on the right track!

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