I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for
basic information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte

On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 08:52:19 -0500, Charlin wrote:

I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for basic
information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte


Do a Google search on Dendrobiums. Go to the gardenweb Orchid forum and ask away,
LOTS of great help there as well:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/orchids/


It's probably a phal type, bright light (no direct sun), let dry out
between waterings. Feed half the recommended rate every 2 weeks. Try to
provide humidity as well.

Hello Charlotte & welcome.
We need to know a little more here, as to what type of Dendrobium you have.
Does it have long straight canes with leaves at the top?
There are quite a few websites that could help & also books.
But..........In the mean time do not over water it. Once a week is fine, no
direct sunlight &
don't let the pot sit in water.
Don't cut anything unless it is dead, would be a yellow, brown colour.
There is a book by Rebecca Northern that is a good choice, just can't
think of the name & I just got company
so will get back to you here.
Cheers Wendy
"Charlin" wrote in message
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I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for
basic information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte

(Charlin) wrote in message . com...
I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for
basic information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte

While not normally recommended, I have learned from experience that
especially with plants like the one you describe, it is best to repot
immediately. Get yourself some coconut husk chips, a clay pot, and
some rooting hormone, and then remove the plant from the pot it is in.
Since it is not in bloom, you are not likely to lose anything doing
this, and this will allow you to see what kind of shape the roots, and
the potting medium, are in.

Do not cut anything that is not dead. Dendrobiums are in my
conditions incredibly robust. I have never yet killed one. I have
come close to losing one cattleya, and have lost another, and I have
lost a couple phalaenopsis, but never a dendrobium. Perhaps the
operative word there ought to be "yet". ;-)

But the roots are the key. Coming from a garden centre, you can have
no idea what shape the roots are in unless you repot. Sometime, you
get lucky and find that the plant was well potted and that the medium
and the roots are in perfect condition. Often that is not the case.
If the roots are in good shape, you won't need to bother with the
rooting hormone, but if there is significantly less healthy root than
there is green tissue, you should apply the hormone to the healaty
root and that part of the cane that was below the surface of the
potting medium, since you want to stimulate the existing healthy root
to grow, and you want to stimulate the meristem in the bottom part of
the cane to produce new roots.

That said, I am interested in hearing what advice people will have
regarding getting dendrobiums to rebloom. I have rebloomed phals and
cattleyas, but not my dendrobiums. They are, at present, a large mass
of reasonably healthy green tissue (and all had lots of healthy roots
the last time I checked).

HTH

Ted

try more light.

"Ted Byers" wrote in message
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(Charlin) wrote in message
. com...
I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for
basic information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte

While not normally recommended, I have learned from experience that
especially with plants like the one you describe, it is best to repot
immediately. Get yourself some coconut husk chips, a clay pot, and
some rooting hormone, and then remove the plant from the pot it is in.
Since it is not in bloom, you are not likely to lose anything doing
this, and this will allow you to see what kind of shape the roots, and
the potting medium, are in.

Do not cut anything that is not dead. Dendrobiums are in my
conditions incredibly robust. I have never yet killed one. I have
come close to losing one cattleya, and have lost another, and I have
lost a couple phalaenopsis, but never a dendrobium. Perhaps the
operative word there ought to be "yet". ;-)

But the roots are the key. Coming from a garden centre, you can have
no idea what shape the roots are in unless you repot. Sometime, you
get lucky and find that the plant was well potted and that the medium
and the roots are in perfect condition. Often that is not the case.
If the roots are in good shape, you won't need to bother with the
rooting hormone, but if there is significantly less healthy root than
there is green tissue, you should apply the hormone to the healaty
root and that part of the cane that was below the surface of the
potting medium, since you want to stimulate the existing healthy root
to grow, and you want to stimulate the meristem in the bottom part of
the cane to produce new roots.

That said, I am interested in hearing what advice people will have
regarding getting dendrobiums to rebloom. I have rebloomed phals and
cattleyas, but not my dendrobiums. They are, at present, a large mass
of reasonably healthy green tissue (and all had lots of healthy roots
the last time I checked).

HTH

Ted

The book is "Home Grown Orchids by Rebecca Tyson Northern" also there are
some books by Ortho that
you can find at most garden centers.
The following URL has some basic culture & photo's (if this is what your
plant looks like)
http://www.sunbulb.com/dendrobs.htm
Hope this helps............Cheers Wendy
"Wendy" wrote in message
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Hello Charlotte & welcome.
We need to know a little more here, as to what type of Dendrobium you
have.
Does it have long straight canes with leaves at the top?
There are quite a few websites that could help & also books.
But..........In the mean time do not over water it. Once a week is fine,
no
direct sunlight &
don't let the pot sit in water.
Don't cut anything unless it is dead, would be a yellow, brown colour.
There is a book by Rebecca Northern that is a good choice, just can't
think of the name & I just got company
so will get back to you here.
Cheers Wendy
"Charlin" wrote in message
om...
I'm hoping for some basic guidance. I have a dendrobium orchid rescued
from the local garden centers "clearance" rack that has finished
blooming. What do I do I can for it now to insure that it will bloom
again? Do I cut anything back? Where can someone go on the web for
basic information such as this? Please advise and thanks very much.

charlotte

On 8 Mar 2003 16:16:32 -0800, (Ted
Byers) wrote:
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But the roots are the key. Coming from a garden centre, you can have
no idea what shape the roots are in unless you repot. Sometime, you
get lucky and find that the plant was well potted and that the medium
and the roots are in perfect condition. Often that is not the case.
If the roots are in good shape, you won't need to bother with the
rooting hormone, but if there is significantly less healthy root than
there is green tissue, you should apply the hormone to the healaty
root and that part of the cane that was below the surface of the
potting medium, since you want to stimulate the existing healthy root
to grow, and you want to stimulate the meristem in the bottom part of
the cane to produce new roots.

That said, I am interested in hearing what advice people will have
regarding getting dendrobiums to rebloom. I have rebloomed phals and
cattleyas, but not my dendrobiums. They are, at present, a large mass
of reasonably healthy green tissue (and all had lots of healthy roots
the last time I checked).

HTH

Ted

I agree with Ted - Roots are the key. But Dendrobiums Like
(strike that) LOVE TIGHT shoes. They want to be in such as small
pot it is difficult to repot. If they have too much space they
may grow to fill it before blooming or they may sulk and do
nothing. So, Pot them in a pot a size smaller than you want to
use. Or right back in the same size they came from.

As to Ted's problem with blooms, if they are sending out keikis,
not blooms, it is too moist for them. They may need a touch of
dry weather. Just skipping them every other watering in the fall
until you get spikes should help. Also they are not known for
loving low light like Phals. Give them almost Cattleya bright
light if possible. Remember to mover slowly into brighter light
if your plant has been shaded.

Good Luck.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php