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dendrobium earsakul
Hello,
I'm new to dendrobs and I received this as a gift last year, unbloomed. It's been kept moist and its decided to have yellow leaves now. Is this part of its dying down period. Any tips on this particular plant would be extremely helpful. I growing in New Jersey, northern U.S. and my phaelps are blooming perfectly happily alongside the sad little dendrob..... help! Should I just let it dry out??? |
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dendrobium earsakul
Yes, it needs to dry out! Dendrobiums do not like to stay nearly as moist
as Phals. I'd say pull it out of the pot, see if you have any live roots left. If so, repot it into fresh mix and water less often in future. If not, leave it bareroot [perhaps sitting on a handful of barely-damp sphagnum, or in a zip-lock bag with same, for humidity] until it starts to produce some new roots. Good luck, Kenni "hanadr" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm new to dendrobs and I received this as a gift last year, unbloomed. It's been kept moist and its decided to have yellow leaves now. Is this part of its dying down period. Any tips on this particular plant would be extremely helpful. I growing in New Jersey, northern U.S. and my phaelps are blooming perfectly happily alongside the sad little dendrob..... help! Should I just let it dry out??? -- hanadr |
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dendrobium earsakul
The Yellow leaves aren't part of it's dieing-down phase....they're part
of it's dieing phase. Unfortunatly, this phase only occurs once in the plants lifecycle. Immediate changes in cultural practices are required if the thing has any chance. First of all, yank it out of whatever it's potted in, and chuck it (the stuff). Get some nice coarse chunks of bark or whatever you'd like (clay) and repot in that. Trim all dead roots at least one inch beyond rot / living tissue border WITH A STERILIZED INSTRUMENT. Water much much less frequently. While you're on that many dendrobs like to be pushed, than have a dormancy phase, your main goal right now is to rescue that plant and it's inevitably weakened root system. Fertilize (very) weakly, weekly. Watering needs will need to tuned by you, depending on latitude, growing environment, circulation, potting medium, species, humidity, temp. I would also suggest removing some of the plants "maintenance" tissues. This would include much older pseudobulbs with no photosynthetic capacity. If all leaves are yellow, try cutting many of them right through the middle, right across the leaf. This will also help reduce the plants overall needs. If some leaves are still green, make every effort to make those lil' photosynthesizing suckers happy. Try to preserve as much photosynthetic surface area as possible. The idea is to create a plant with more photosynthetic ability, than is required by the plant for maintenance. The surplus of photosynthates facilatates growth. |
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