Joanna, just out of curiosity, could you post a pic of the plant? Just so we
can make a ballpark guess on which group of dendrobes it might belong to.

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:47:52 GMT, "J Fortuna"
wrote:

The other day a neighbor of mine whom I had not met before came over with a
dendrobium that stopped flowering, and she said that since she has seen all
the orchids in my windows, she was wondering if I would be interested in
taking it, since she does not want to keep it any more. I explained to her
that I had never had a dendrobium before, and thus was not sure whether it
would do well in my care. But she said that she did not mind, so I accepted
it.

It's tag just says Dendrobium, so I assume that it is one of the most
popular types of dendrobiums. Is it most likely to be a Phalaenopsis type
dendrobium?

I extracted the dendrobium briefly from it's pot to look at the condition of
the roots and medium, and both looked ok for now, so I just plopped it back
into the pot. Since it is in bark, and I am not good at assessing watering
needs in bark, that will be a bit of a challenge for me. Could I just look
at the wrinkliness of one of the newer pseudobulbs to assess when this
dendrobium needs watering? That's what I do with the two mini-catts that I
have. I look at the pseudobulb that has flowered most recently, and if it
starts wrinkling, I water. The mini-catts seem to be doing ok with this
treatment.

I intend to treat it overall like my Phals but try to provide it a bit more
light and try to water it a bit less frequently, and we shall see whether it
will make it in my care or not. Any other adjustments that I need to make
from Phal conditions?

Thanks,
Joanna

Dave Gillingham
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