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15-03-2006, 06:11 AM posted to rec.gardens.orchids

In article 5gLRf.7936$%e1.4664@trnddc05,
says...
~"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
~ Bottom line: Dends need much less water than Phals, but a good deal more
~ light. Catt light is good. I find that our Dends are happy in near full
~ sun.
~
~Well, in that case I am in trouble since I have only a limited amount of
~light available, nowhere near catt light and definitely not full sun.
~
~If a Dend won't be happy enough with just a bit more light than a Phal, I
~wonder whether I shouldn't pass the Dend along further to someone who can
~provide it the proper conditions. One option: as I was going for a walk with
~Robert in our condo complex I saw a place where there were 4 healthy looking
~dendrobiums on a patio -- the weather has been nice and warm here recently,
~and that patio had much more sun than our extremely shaded one. I had the
~naughty thought that it might be fun to take this dendrobium, and just leave
~it on this person's patio, sort of like a cuckoo's egg. :-) Of course I
~could also do the same thing as the neighbor who brought it over to me, and
~wait for a weekend when the dendrobium patio people are in. Hmm, less fun,
~but probably the more correct action.
~
~Or I could try to keep the dendrobium, and see what happens with it, but I
~definitely cannot provide it much more light -- at most medium light, but
~not high light conditions.
~
~Joanna
~
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~
Joanna, I would keep it. It would bloom better with more light, but it
*will* bloom in higher Phal light. Just try to keep it in the sunniest
spot. As you say, it is probably a hybrid, and those are generally bred to
do well in less fortunate conditions.

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Reka

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