Dendrobium Flower Spike

The mianature orchid dendrobium lindleyi has spectacular pendant blooms.

Dendrobium flower spike. To help provoke a flower spike slightly drop the water and nighttime temperature. Now only a few weeks after the buds formed roots have developed and have gotten pretty big. 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.

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. If there are leaves growing off a stalk don t cut that. The dendrobium pictured above is ready to have its spike removed. The flowers of dendrobium nobile orchids are beautiful delicate and numerous.

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. Cutting a dying spike. Majus and often still referred to by that name is a relatively small species of epiphytic orchid from the mountains of southeast asia. More info below.

Nate s orchids was a vendor there and who i picked this one up from. The spike itself has no leaves or bracts. You can see that the root on the left is rounder and it has a uniform tip. These bloom several times throughout the year depending on conditions.

Dendrobium lindleyi formerly d. After your dendrobium has finished flowering remove as much of the spike as possible without cutting into the leafy stem. You can use the sprays to use as cut flowers for arrangements. Slice these short brown stems from the pseudobulb.

The less common dendrobium nobile produces short flower spikes along the length of its pseudobulb at the joints between upper leaves and stems. The flowers lasted a long time. Notice that the flower spike originates near the apex of the stem just above the last leaf. 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.

On my dendrobium burana green developed a flower spike. The long lasting sprays of flowers remain in bloom for six to eight weeks. This is my dendrobium orchid from the february 25th orchid show at the chicago botanic gardens. A single dendrobium nobile cane can have 25 50 blooms and a plant with several canes blooming will produce a spectacular display.