Den. atroviolacea
 

Anybody growing this species. I got a plant a few years ago from the Little
Greenhouse. It was doing great, flowered several times. I repotted back in
September of this year and the plant has gone down hill. Now the leaves are all
dried out and the psudobulbs has shrunk. I removed the plant from the pot and
most of the roots are dead. Only one live new root.

Any ideas.

Den. atroviolacea
 

I'd be interested in any responses, too. I have a den sanderae var major
that I got two years ago that started out great guns, then failed. no roots
and any new growth aborts. How mwny eyes do these have anyway?

K Barrett

"TRAINMAN9" wrote in message
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Anybody growing this species. I got a plant a few years ago from the
Little
Greenhouse. It was doing great, flowered several times. I repotted back in
September of this year and the plant has gone down hill. Now the leaves
are all
dried out and the psudobulbs has shrunk. I removed the plant from the pot
and
most of the roots are dead. Only one live new root.

Any ideas.

Den. atroviolacea
 

I keep my dendrobium atroviolaceum in basic cattleya conditions.
good drainage, a lot of light and regular water and fertilizer. I've found
that it likes to dry up just a bit between watering and doesn't need any
rest. Mine is still young but a great grower. I got 8 new pseudobulbs this
year and two have just started to grow.
I do let it cool down a bit in winter. Basicly I give it intermediate temps
but during the winter months it doesn't seem to mind night temps of 10°C.
Just make sure the leaves are dry or they will rot.
I've found that this plant prefers to be repot just before new root growth
starts. Also i think it's sensitive to the quality of pottingmix and water.
The roots don't seem to be as strong as cattleya roots.
Hoop this helps
Cheers
Peter


"TRAINMAN9" schreef in bericht
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Anybody growing this species. I got a plant a few years ago from the
Little
Greenhouse. It was doing great, flowered several times. I repotted back in
September of this year and the plant has gone down hill. Now the leaves
are all
dried out and the psudobulbs has shrunk. I removed the plant from the pot
and
most of the roots are dead. Only one live new root.

Any ideas.

Den. atroviolacea
 

I had been growing it basically the same way with a medium fir bark mix
containing charcoal and perlite.

I repotted back in September and while I expected the plant to react to the
disturbance I did not think it would go completely downhill.

Yeasterday I repotted it into seedling mix and put in in a shady and cooler
area of my greenhouse. Hopefully it will make new roots and recover.

Den. atroviolacea
 

I hope so for you.
Good luck
Cheers
Peter

"TRAINMAN9" schreef in bericht
...
I had been growing it basically the same way with a medium fir bark mix
containing charcoal and perlite.

I repotted back in September and while I expected the plant to react to
the
disturbance I did not think it would go completely downhill.

Yeasterday I repotted it into seedling mix and put in in a shady and
cooler
area of my greenhouse. Hopefully it will make new roots and recover.