Dendrobium Flower Spike

Buds form on small flower spikes of no more than a few centimeters in length that grow from the stem in between pairs of leaves.

Dendrobium flower spike. If you see a bulge in the stem that is a pseudobulb and you don t want to cut that. The dendrobium pictured above is ready to have its spike removed. On my dendrobium burana green developed a flower spike. For instance if you are growing dendrobiumsor cattleyas don t cut the flower stalk off at the base of the plant just trim the flower stalk.

The less common dendrobium nobile produces short flower spikes along the length of its pseudobulb at the joints between upper leaves and stems. Is this the beginning of a keiki or is just a. The long lasting sprays of flowers remain in bloom for six to eight weeks. Cutting a dying spike.

Dendrobium lindleyi formerly d. A single dendrobium nobile cane can have 25 50 blooms and a plant with several canes blooming will produce a spectacular display. The spike itself has no leaves or bracts. If there are leaves growing off a stalk don t cut that.

Majus and often still referred to by that name is a relatively small species of epiphytic orchid from the mountains of southeast asia. The flowers of dendrobium nobile orchids are beautiful delicate and numerous. This is my dendrobium orchid from the february 25th orchid show at the chicago botanic gardens. After your dendrobium has finished flowering remove as much of the spike as possible without cutting into the leafy stem.

Slice these short brown stems from the pseudobulb. Notice that the flower spike originates near the apex of the stem just above the last leaf. The flowers lasted a long time. The mianature orchid dendrobium lindleyi has spectacular pendant blooms.

Almost everyone enjoys blooming plants when it s cold and grey or maybe white outside. You can use the sprays to use as cut flowers for arrangements. To help provoke a flower spike slightly drop the water and nighttime temperature. The short reddish growth on the left of the base of the plant is a root and the growth on the right is a flower spike.

Normally on most moth orchids it will probably be light green in color but in this particular plant it s reddish. Today we start a new series that i recently thought of although i always think about flower spikes p what is my orchid growing. You can see that the root on the left is rounder and it has a uniform tip. Now only a few weeks after the buds formed roots have developed and have gotten pretty big.