For years I had this orchid indoors in a west facing window and in medium grade fir bark. I wasn't sure of the species. Once I found out the species and did some research, I figured the solution was outdoor growing in almost full sun and leaving it outdoors here all year long. I also switched to fine fir bark. The species apparently needs a period of cool weather to set blooms and our local lows that average in the mid 40's at night in winter and can dip below freezing, 30-32 on occasion in Dec and Jan, was perfect. Before full sun and cool winters it was rangey and had quite a few keikis. But as you see, now it doesn't. Maybe that's the solution to your all-keiki non bloomer? Full sun and kept out in fall until it chills some? In cooler climes I read that a lot of hobby growers keep the plant in unheated basements or up against windows to chill down and trigger blooming.

While it's true that for some orchids you should wait for growth to repot, these types of dends grow and bloom throughout the year. Spring really is the best time to repot these...wait until summer and it'll have to battle the intense heat while recuperating its roots. I know everyone here just wants what's best for the orchids and its flowers but please put yourselves in Meghanize's place. Imagine this is your first time trying to grow dends. The only other orchids you've grown so far are phals whose cultural requirements are so much wetter and darker than that of dends. When others tell you to keep it dry, you would think "dry" in terms of phals which would still be too wet for dends. The dends are grown indoors right now in Pro-mix. There is almost no ventilation indoors, light will be limited since the sun is moving more directly over-head now, and temps are not high enough to sponsor much evaporation. The medium is just gonna stay wet for much too long for a dend. Did y'all read what Meghanize wrote? "It doesn't seem to have dried out at all since it was watered three days ago." I wouldn't even grow my phals or cyms in that type of medium. Add this to the fact that Meghanize is probably gonna grow them closer to Phal conditions than cattleya conditions because that is what she's familiar with and it's gonna result in root rot. If it hasn't already started rotting. I'm from the same school as Bolero, I always repot after buying them and for the exact reasons Bolero already stated. Then again...Meghanize, you do have 2 of them....you could repot one and not the other. However, if you choose not to repot the other, follow Jane's advice.

Currently I have only one picture to share with you. Vanda's in a vase work great. The link to the photo shows a Vanda in a vase. I prefer to fixate the plants in the vase using some wire that I wrap around the vase. I don't take them out with every watering. Just fill the vase and pour the water out after they soaked long enough. In this picture the plant is resting on some skewers. This way the plant still wiggles in the vase and roots get damaged every time you pour the water out of the vase. Each vase contains almost 3 gallons of water and I had to fill the vases every morning! All of them... and empty them off coarse. Not sure if I put mine back in vases this winter. During the summer mine play outdoors, bare root. One thing to keep in mind is that when the sun gets strong during spring, you might cook the roots that are in the vase, because of the magnifying effect of the vase. Also, you want the vase hight enough to keep the roots from the bottom of the vase and that the vase is wide enough to allow air circulation. Currently, the Vanda in the picture is flowering from 2 spikes with 15 blooms in total, each almost 5 inch across. Nicole Here is a link that might be useful:

Hello fellow gardeners, Pat that's what it is and your name is on one! I finely have something you want. If you want more LMK. Also I dug out one of the morning glory trees the root is quite large I put it in a recycling bucket. If you want it it's yours LMK. As for the pic's on my page my husband and I put that page together last night. So I'll have to go on it and take a look at the plants your talking about. Susana, I have root toned a couple of the morning Glory's if you want one lmk. I also have a gamosepala with your name on it. Diana, You have made my son so happy he said Thank you for the tomato and pepper. :) I'm not sure which of us is more excited about going to the swap me or the boys.