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Den. pendulum
Exactly my questions. Thank you Wendy
Regards Gerard "Wendy" wrote in message news:zgTQa.3913$He.2165@fed1read03... Hi SV, Very nice photographs. Great job but you are right about those popups! Do you have your D. pendulum in pure sphagnum & how does it not fall out at that angle? I was given a small chunk & it was in a plastic cup with holes. My friend told me it needs to grow down so in my haste I put the cup sideways, tilted at an angle & it did bloom for me. I had forgotton about this so need to rearrange it. I think I shall take it out of the cup & put it in the basket. Shorten two of the wires so that it is at an angle. I also like it hanging down & it is in high light in my gh. Cheers Wendy "solo_voyager" wrote in message om... I realize that I'm coming into this thread late and will probably duplicate some of what has already been said, here goes anyway. D. pendulum is a naturally pendent growing plant. I know of none with an upright growth habit. Although, there may be some. Some Dendrobium species do have individuals of each persuasions. Whatever the plant's habit is, upright, pendent, arching or...? about the only things I know of that will influence it's habit are directional light and staking. Directional light can make an upright or pendent growing plants grow almost horizontally with the weight of the plant subsequently drawing it down more. Any pendent growing orchid can be made to grow upright if it is staked so and maintained in that orientation. Growth habits can be manipulated. I do not do it myself. I have many pendent growing Dendrobiums and like them that way. They can be mounted on almost anything you can think of. My D. pendulum is on a hardwood raft. It's the equivelent of the bottom layer of a wooden basket. I do have photos. The problem is that my web site photo album is all torn apart right now and nothing is accessible. Another of my favorite mounting materials is bark from big old Cottonwoods. I've found several that have been knocked over and killed by avalanches. The bark is heavily fissured and can be as much as 4" to 6" or more thick. It makes very interesting mounts. The cost is a strenuous day outdoors. I'll go work on my photo album to see if I can get the D. pendulum photo available. no promises yet. S V "Diane Mancino" wrote in message t... Thanks Gene. A lot of photos show of Dends, they look like they are growing down instead of up. What would happen if you hung a cane type dend- (canes are 24" long") upside down, the weight is going to go this way anyway? I think it will adjust, trying to find its light. Diane |
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