Yeah, and that's why I'd avoided collecting *any* dendrobium. Just too many
variables. (Do they go dormant? Do you seasonally withhold nitrogen?)

Nevertheless I've got these few and I'm hoping to grow them well....yet am
unsure about how to repot. Luckily there's a show ths afternooon, so I'll
ask some of the folks there and see if I get any sort of concensus at all
(like *that* will ever happen where orchids are concerned...)

I have/had a few nice dendrobium sites bookmarked, and always intended to
read up on them, but, you know...its always easier just to stand around...

K Barrett

"Al" wrote in message
...
So the sections into which they are divided can not be used to determine
general culture. Yippy. I knew the AOS culture sheets made it too simple
http://aos.org/aos/uploadedfiles/doc...eddendrobe.pdf

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
I think you really need to know which species, or the parentage of the
hybrid, for both Latourea and Nigrohirsute sections (and indeed for
most Den sections). Consider New Guinea - hot, steamy, swampy
equatorial lowlands to high, cold mountains. Very different rainfalls
from area to area. Different species within the Section can typically
grow at quite different temperatures; some have seasonal rainfall, &
some experience rain all year round. Applying generalised rules to
these can result in quite inappropriate conditions for some plants.

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:30:03 -0800, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Same here. I've managed to get a small collection of Latoureas and I
have
no idea what to repot them in. One local grower uses clay pots and
sphag
moss. Another uses a seedling mix. H&R uses a diatomite mix. One grow
dry, one grows cool, one grows intermediate, one grows wet. sheesh.
Add
to
that the idea that they may/may not like to be pot bound. So I've left
mine
in their original containers, but that's gottta stop.

K Barrett

"Al" wrote in message
...
I am looking for tips and tricks to help me grow this type of
dendrobium.
All I really know about them is why they have the name Nigrohirsute.




Dave Gillingham

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