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Comments (4)It is a Brassavola nodosa hybrid which means that orchid was a parent or is strongly represented in the pedigree. If you want to know more about Brassavola nodosa just google it to find culture notes and images. You can leave it in the current pot or tie it to the eastern side of a tree with a stocking or similar and remove the tie once the roots establish on the tree. Not all trees have suitable bark so, hopefully, the locals will suggest suitable trees. In the ground in not a good place. In the pot or on a tree, the plant must receive enough sunlight to grow and flower. Eastern side of a tree is suggested so that plant gets morning sunlight to get the "machinery" going early in the day. Avoid situations with blast furnace heat in the afternoon such as North Westerly aspects here, South Westerly aspects there....See MoreOrchid newbie, need help/advice.
Comments (10)Hi Vega. Your plants look healthy and the damage seems to be mechanical, no disease that I can see. You appear to have them in large bark. These plants like to stay damp. Same conditions as the Phal so I would soak the bark or water them more frequently. Depending on the specific plants, they might require more light than the Phal. You could leave them together and see if you get flowers. If the Oncids don't flower you know they need more light. The Phal has sunburned leaves. If they aren't rotting, you can leave them alone. They will eventually die off. The Oncids look good. Just keep doing what you're doing but water them a bit more often. Jane...See MoreOrchid Newbie Help...please
Comments (2)Hi puglvr1 and welcome to the forum. We have a lot of your fellow Floridians on the forum and I'm sure one of them will chime in here. Congrats on keeping your lovely plant alive. You don't want to trim live roots and repotting at this time of year is not good. Dends like to be rootbound and it should be fine until Spring. In the meantime place the plant in a clay pot that will fit the roots snugly. Put that pot into a larger clay pot, the azaelea type work best. You can fill the space between the two pots with rock, this should solve the tipping over problem. Your plant looks very wet and I see that it's growing in spag...staying too wet with this type of dend is NOT good. The clay pot will help get air to the roots and facilitate drying out faster. You'll have to let that spag almost totally dry out before watering the plant, especially now with the cooler temps upon us. Again welcome and good luck with your plant....See MoreHelp! Newbie with orchids!
Comments (9)Hi syrinth, I agree with Arthur's post above that you have two challenges on your hands, but as you saw from our show table yesterday afternoon, nothing is impossible! As you've more or less guessed, the Dend. kingianum will need need good light and some water eventually. Take a good look at your plant to see if there are new growths growing. If there are, water and fertilize regularly. If they're all done, don't fertilize at all and start spacing out waterings. Dendrobium kingianum needs a good winter's rest, with cooler temperatures (placing it right by a window, for example, where the temperature will ) and very little water. If you mistreat it enough, it will reward you with blooms in late winter and/or early spring. If you treat it too nicely, it will give you keikis. That's why you'll often notice Dendrobium kingianum on the raffle table... As for the Aeridovanda, both of the parent species (your plant is a cross between Vanda denisoniana and Aerides lawrenciae) require good amounts of light and warm to hot temperatures. They also both enjoy good humidity. I'm enclosing a link to the Canadian Orchid Congress's Vanda culture sheet. Their culture sheets were developed for us "real orchid growers" so they're a great starting point. Hope this all helped. Good luck, and welcome to the Ottawa Orchid Society. Julie Here is a link that might be useful: COC - Vanda Culture Sheet...See Moreshavedmonkey (Harvey in South Fl.)Z10b
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