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dendrobium re-potting / splitting
greetings,
i think my dendrobium may be in need of a repot. it's grown 4x it's size since i got it 3 years ago. in january 2007, it had over 35 flowering spikes with lots of tiny fragrant flowers. currently, it has put out two new flowering spikes and has sprouted about 10 to 12 keiki's. my questions a * should i repot? * is now a good time to repot? * should i split the plant in half? it's grown rather large. i count 47 canes, 7 of them are new growths. * does it do well in S/H? thanks in advance for any replies! |
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dendrobium re-potting / splitting
I don't do well with dendrobiums. So I, too, am looking for any responses.
K Barrett "holly" wrote in message ... greetings, i think my dendrobium may be in need of a repot. it's grown 4x it's size since i got it 3 years ago. in january 2007, it had over 35 flowering spikes with lots of tiny fragrant flowers. currently, it has put out two new flowering spikes and has sprouted about 10 to 12 keiki's. my questions a * should i repot? * is now a good time to repot? * should i split the plant in half? it's grown rather large. i count 47 canes, 7 of them are new growths. * does it do well in S/H? thanks in advance for any replies! |
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There are different kinds of dendrobiums, I would never offer any advice
without at least some vague idea of which ones you're dealing with. -danny |
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hi Danny,
i'm not sure what it is - the id tag doesn't list a name, but here is a link to a pic: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ylang/den1.jpg thanks "danny" wrote in message ... There are different kinds of dendrobiums, I would never offer any advice without at least some vague idea of which ones you're dealing with. -danny |
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dendrobium re-potting / splitting
Hi Holly
Looks like an Australian dendrobium hybrid with some D. kingianum in its heritage. I would pot it up into a larger pot and let it spread out. I wouldn't break it up as you will get quite a good specimen plant over the next few years. Now would be a good time to repot - spring in NH. Re the keikis, once they have some reasonably sized roots, pick them off and pot up. They make wonderful presents. Don't have any experience with S/H query - perhaps Ray can advise. In nature they can experience long periods of drought so the plants are used to receiving no water for extended periods. I grow most of my native dendrobiums outside under a jacaranda tree except for the more subtropical/tropical species. My D. kingianums are mounted on horizontal tree fern slabs enabling them to spread out as they grow. Avoids having to repot them but then again, I don't have to bring them inside during winter. ~John Melbourne, Australia "holly" wrote in message ... hi Danny, i'm not sure what it is - the id tag doesn't list a name, but here is a link to a pic: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ylang/den1.jpg thanks "danny" wrote in message ... There are different kinds of dendrobiums, I would never offer any advice without at least some vague idea of which ones you're dealing with. -danny |
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 16:54:44 -0700, John Varigos wrote
(in article ) : John's advice sounds pretty good to me. I have a D. kingianum which started out in a 4" pot and is now thriving in S/H in a 3 gallon plastic bucket. Takes a lot of LECA, but you won't have to repot just to refresh the medium! Parenthetically, I have three other dendrobes doing well in S/H. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D200 |
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dendrobium re-potting / splitting
I mostly have Dends like Roy Tokunaga and other of the alexandrae types.
I've been keeping them in small pots, tightly potted. I moved a Den Nellie Morely into a larger 6" clay pot and am trying straight lava rock with it, mostly for the weight. The plant is huge. When I repotted it I saw I'd placed it in larger pots without removing the older pot twice, so it was in a 3" square plastic pot in a 4-5" plastic pot inside a 6" clay pot.... I have a Peng Seng that I'm trying in my cattleya bark mix.... fine bark, lava rock/perlite about a 3:1:1 ratio. Plastic pot. I placed a sulaweisiense (glomeratum, what have you) and an obtusisepalum in the same sort of mix. The vendor potted these in clay pot and sphagnum moss, but the moss had gone very sour...so into the bark and rock mix...we'll see if its too open for their roots. That's what I hate. I move plants into what I *think* should work and then worry and fret that they'll go downhill because they are acclimated to teh old mix. Granted usually they improve (even in the short term) becasue they are no longer in the crap they were in....but I worry that teh mix ultimately isn't what they require in nature. Like too open/airy for roots. Well, we'll see what happens. K "John Varigos" wrote in message om... Hi Holly Looks like an Australian dendrobium hybrid with some D. kingianum in its heritage. I would pot it up into a larger pot and let it spread out. I wouldn't break it up as you will get quite a good specimen plant over the next few years. Now would be a good time to repot - spring in NH. Re the keikis, once they have some reasonably sized roots, pick them off and pot up. They make wonderful presents. Don't have any experience with S/H query - perhaps Ray can advise. In nature they can experience long periods of drought so the plants are used to receiving no water for extended periods. I grow most of my native dendrobiums outside under a jacaranda tree except for the more subtropical/tropical species. My D. kingianums are mounted on horizontal tree fern slabs enabling them to spread out as they grow. Avoids having to repot them but then again, I don't have to bring them inside during winter. ~John Melbourne, Australia "holly" wrote in message ... hi Danny, i'm not sure what it is - the id tag doesn't list a name, but here is a link to a pic: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ylang/den1.jpg thanks "danny" wrote in message ... There are different kinds of dendrobiums, I would never offer any advice without at least some vague idea of which ones you're dealing with. -danny |
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dendrobium re-potting / splitting
Thanks everyone for your responses. I'll put it in a bigger pot and perhaps
give the S/H a try, i think i have enough PA on hand for it. Think i'll try one of the keikis on a fern slab too as Tom mentioned... Good luck K with moving your dends. Just curious tho, what is a 'specimen plant'? Thanks again! "John Varigos" wrote in message om... Hi Holly Looks like an Australian dendrobium hybrid with some D. kingianum in its heritage. I would pot it up into a larger pot and let it spread out. I wouldn't break it up as you will get quite a good specimen plant over the next few years. Now would be a good time to repot - spring in NH. Re the keikis, once they have some reasonably sized roots, pick them off and pot up. They make wonderful presents. Don't have any experience with S/H query - perhaps Ray can advise. In nature they can experience long periods of drought so the plants are used to receiving no water for extended periods. I grow most of my native dendrobiums outside under a jacaranda tree except for the more subtropical/tropical species. My D. kingianums are mounted on horizontal tree fern slabs enabling them to spread out as they grow. Avoids having to repot them but then again, I don't have to bring them inside during winter. ~John Melbourne, Australia |
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