Marco, Thanksgiving is the last thursday in November here in the States. I put all of my dendrobiums that need a dry rest in the same place in my greenhouse. It has high light and is cool on that end of the greenhouse. By cool I mean it does not get below 50 deg. I give the plant _no_ water until I see bloom spikes, which can be two months! ( all of December and January) When I see spikes emerge I give small amount of water once a week. David

Dendrobium aggrgatum is no more. It's been rename Dend lindleyi. As I said I have 4 Dend aggregatum, 3 I have renamed Dend lindleyi and one is now Dend jensinkii. Usually one, maybe 2 will bloom in the spring but this is a bumper crop year, 3 will have bloomed. Dend jensinkii is now open and lindleyi has a spike. Another lindleyi bloomed some time ago. This will give a perfect opportunity to compare the two. Here is jensinkii hanging from a coconut which houses lindleyi. The pbulbs of one are 3 to 4 times the size of the other. The spike of lindseyi will be 4 times longer than jensinkii. I think they will be open at the same time. I think lindseyi will be more yellow while the jensinkii will be more orange. Nick

Hi Velvetta. I'm not sure how to advise you. I checked mine today and they are mounted and no sign of spikes or new growths. They do get some water when I water everything with the hose. I try to avoid them, but they get wet. You plants look too dry and shriveled. I would give them some water to plump up those bulbs. Mine are fat. One mount only has 6 bulbs and it flowered last March. The other has probably 10 bulbs and flowered at the same time. Mine are mounted and outside. If it rains they get watered. They get watered when I hose the others. I do not fertilize. It has been unusually warm here in Florida. It was 88 degrees today. My plants are messed up because of the heat. All my Phals are spiking though. My guess is the heat probably has your plants confused. I would give water ever if you lose the flowers this year. You need to keep the plants alive and support the new growths. Put them in full sun and give them some water, maybe once a week. If the growths continue, you might as well fertilize them and sacrifice the flowers. Let us know what happens. Jane

The Den can stay outside in full sun until the night temps go below freezing. I am in Florida and leave it out even when the temps have dipped to 38 degrees with no harm. What you have to watch for is sustained temps. If the temps drop for a few hours at night but rise as daylight approaches, the plant will be fine. But if this is something which goes on daily, bring the plant it. Don't water the Den. Maybe a drizzle now and then if the pbulbs look really shriveled. Mine lives outside and does get watered when it rains. But in Florida, winter is the dry season and we rarely get rain. Mine blooms faithfully. Most Dens and Catts can take temperature dips for short periods. Once the weather stays low, bring them in. You are in zone 7, not sure where that is or how much protection your plants have. Twinkles like the cooler weather. Their spikes can take forever to bloom. What you see now might not bloom till late December. When I lived in NY i would move the Onc inside and out to take advantage of the warm days, never moving the direction so the flowers were all aligned. Warm days, out. Cold nights, inside. The flowers on Twinkle last a long time, months. Lycaste can take very cool conditions. I grew them in NY inside a sunroom which had no heat. Unless the temps dropped below freezing, they stayed in there. Lots of sun, cool temps for all the orchids you mentioned. I did not grow the one you are growing. But in general, they like a dry winter rest. Jane