Dendrobium speciosum
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Comments (7)I would estimate the age at 15 or so. It has bloomed for at least 5 years. Arthur, I got my collection started with the help of the late George Kenner from San Diego who was a speciosum nut. He also took orchid tourists to Australia for photography orchid safaris. Then I bought a number of plants from AON and with the guidance of Wayne Turville attempted to lay on a well rounded quality collection. Imported some large plants and a number of 50mm tubes of clones he thought were good. Many of these have yet to bloom but a number have and have not disappointed. Hopefully for the next few springs I'll have the surprise of 'First Bloomers' to look forward to. I stopped buying speciosums some time ago as they take up too much room but when they all bloom in the spring they put on quite a show. I also stopped buying Cymbidiums as I felt they take up too much room and eventually got rid of most of them. That will never happen with the speciosums, I'm very attached to them. Nick...See MoreDendrobium speciosum
Comments (2)ten years it worth the wait for such a gorgeous display! I hope mine won't wait that long though!:)...See MoreDendrobium speciosum
Comments (2)Hi Nick, The flowers were not fully open when the Photo was taken. I think the flower quality was slightly better than average and the plant looked much better when the flowers were fully open after 4 days in the show display. You have better quality flowers but it still comes down to the habit and arrangement of the flowers on the raceme. At show end, Plant was sold to a guy for $150 as a surprise present for his wife and she was so happy! The show schedule had a class just for speciosum and there were just three entries, sometimes mother nature doesn't co-operate....See MoreDendrobium speciosum ('Kroobit Gold' x self)
Comments (7)The mission might have something to do with a lot of effort with little reward. If the two plants are tiny, they are probably years from blooming and also you have to copy the weather pattern for South Eastern Australia in the UK. Lots of rewarding orchids you can grow with much less effort. There is a glass-house in Wales set up to copy the climate in parts of South Africa, California and South Eastern Australia. The plants in there are very different to the plants you usually see in "Tropical Houses" ....See Moreorchidnick
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