Comments on: Isolde the self propogating Dendrobium orchid http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/isolde-the-self-propogating-dendrobium-orchid-503 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/isolde-the-self-propogating-dendrobium-orchid-503/comment-page-1#comment-57016 fn Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:56:15 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=503#comment-57016 Hi Chris The orchids are evergreen. Yes mine has been flowering for about four years now. About a year ago one of the babies throw out a flowering shoot so I potted it in orchid compost as a present for my mum. Since then only one baby has thrown out a flowering shoot. Perhaps if I'd potted them on earlier they would have all flowered by now! The secret to extending the flowering period is to buy orchid fertiliser. I fill the cache pot od each orchid and submerge the pots in water and fertiliser for five minutes. I also spray the leaves (not) the flowers. Then I let them drain all day in the empty bathtub. They are in the diffused light of the bathroom window and clearly enjoy a steam bath when we shower. Hi Pamela I don't move mine apart from when I water them. Hi Chris

The orchids are evergreen. Yes mine has been flowering for about four years now. About a year ago one of the babies throw out a flowering shoot so I potted it in orchid compost as a present for my mum. Since then only one baby has thrown out a flowering shoot. Perhaps if I’d potted them on earlier they would have all flowered by now!

The secret to extending the flowering period is to buy orchid fertiliser. I fill the cache pot od each orchid and submerge the pots in water and fertiliser for five minutes. I also spray the leaves (not) the flowers. Then I let them drain all day in the empty bathtub. They are in the diffused light of the bathroom window and clearly enjoy a steam bath when we shower.

Hi Pamela

I don’t move mine apart from when I water them.

]]> By: Pamela http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/isolde-the-self-propogating-dendrobium-orchid-503/comment-page-1#comment-56988 Pamela Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:41:29 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=503#comment-56988 Apparently orchids do not like to be moved at all, so my mother has discovered. She has a growing collection of orchids and was also given a book about caring for them for Christmas. Apparently orchids do not like to be moved at all, so my mother has discovered. She has a growing collection of orchids and was also given a book about caring for them for Christmas.

]]> By: Chris Lye http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/isolde-the-self-propogating-dendrobium-orchid-503/comment-page-1#comment-56978 Chris Lye Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=503#comment-56978 I just recently bought a similar dendrobium. It already had one baby fully mature halfway up the larger cane, as well as two smaller ones. i wonder what the timeline is for this growth-the sequence. Is it cane growth, flower, then keikei? Also, are these evergreen, or do they lose their leaves? You say yours has been blooming for years? I'm green with envy!!! I just recently bought a similar dendrobium. It already had one baby fully mature halfway up the larger cane, as well as two smaller ones. i wonder what the timeline is for this growth-the sequence. Is it cane growth, flower, then keikei?
Also, are these evergreen, or do they lose their leaves? You say yours has been blooming for years?
I’m green with envy!!!

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