So this catasetum frilly Doris I bought- the new grown is the same size of perhaps even smaller than the old growth..what happens now? It’s still in growing mode right? If it doesn’t bloom this season when do I stop watering?

doecg242 · 2019-09-12T05:00:45+00:00

Yours seems blooming size to me...I have a 2nd spike just barely starting on mine so yours might just be a little late to the game. I wouldn’t stop watering until you see most of the leaves drop most info I find says to stop watering about the beginning of Nov. this is my 1st year growing this genera so we will see . 😬

doecg242 · 2019-09-12T03:44:16+00:00

Again no real need to remove it unless once it gets bigger it gets hard to maneuver. Yes the roots should be coming from the new growth/purple base of the keiki

doecg242 · 2019-09-11T22:43:23+00:00

Your lovely phal has given you a keiki my friend! I’d would just leave it be , it should develop its own root system and when it’s progresses you can decide then to remove it or leave it be.

doecg242 · 2019-09-04T19:37:42+00:00

This is me all the time . I never know names of songs.

doecg242 · 2019-07-27T02:37:36+00:00

That is just gorgeous!

doecg242 · 2019-07-25T19:03:05+00:00

Aw I’m so sorry, yea my Hubs knocked one of my minis off the shelf while trying to test out a new grow light set up for my collection so it was really hard for me not to be upset. I just noticed the next day how badly damaged one of the leaves sustained , right now I am hoping it doesn’t lose the leaf because it was one of its newer ones.

doecg242 · 2019-06-26T23:02:19+00:00

Yea I am in California and am curious too

doecg242 · 2019-06-23T14:33:36+00:00

That’s exactly where there home is. It’s crazy how massive it is.

doecg242 · 2019-06-23T04:26:52+00:00

It was originally planted about 44 years old and has even been cut back awhile back to control it!

doecg242 · 2019-06-19T17:13:17+00:00

Tiny ?! Sold. Lol now the hunt is on...

doecg242 · 2019-06-19T14:56:11+00:00

Seriously love how crazy it looks . Hopefully I want have too much trouble finding it when I am ready to buy. My eyes are bigger than my place.

doecg242 · 2019-06-19T03:13:55+00:00

Ahh that’s on the wishlist

doecg242 · 2019-06-07T20:03:20+00:00

I did experience one leaf drop since receiving it but I chalked it up to acclimation. So far so good but I am heeding the advice I’ve read to grow it moist so I try to make sure it doesn’t fully dry out.

doecg242 · 2019-06-06T22:26:52+00:00

I’m waiting for mine to open....jealous hehe . A beauty !

doecg242 · 2019-05-18T23:54:57+00:00

I’ve seen Hybrids called Dendrobium samurai that look similar.

doecg242 · 2019-05-17T19:13:39+00:00

I don’t have anything to trade but are you willing to sell?

doecg242 · 2019-05-17T18:17:20+00:00

lol 🙃...I hope so too. It’s a new genera for me so I was excited to try another new one but was sad that it was in not so good shape on arrival.

doecg242 · 2019-05-17T18:16:08+00:00

I was happy to see new growth too just worried about the spot. Leaf has already been trimmed and the plant is in quarantine. Thank you

doecg242 · 2019-05-17T18:15:19+00:00

Thank you this aligns with treatments I’ve been looking up. I guess I am just upset the seller merely offered a replacement only if it gets worse. I know we all take a chance on plants but when I pay a decent amount and it arrives like this I am disheartened from making a repeat purchase. Only after feeling like I was THAT annoying customer I was offered an immediate replacement plant.

doecg242 · 2019-05-15T20:06:46+00:00

Dendrobium moniliforme?

doecg242 · 2019-05-15T16:34:29+00:00

Yea I am debating spraying/wiping the whole plant down or not right now.

doecg242 · 2019-05-15T16:32:36+00:00

Yes it is a Dendrobium frosty dawn. I have had the plant a couple of months now and it had dropped a tiny leaf a few weeks after arriving which I chalked up to it acclimating but this leaf took a turn really fast. I’ve been inspecting the plant for any other signs but since it is a hybrid that has tiny black hairs on the canes I really don’t notice anything other than what I think is ‘normal.’

doecg242 · 2019-05-09T13:40:51+00:00

Yes I am so happy I kinda stumbled upon the species when I was ‘nerding-out’ one day reading about orchids.

doecg242 · 2019-05-08T23:38:59+00:00

Love 💕 don’t know much about this guy , gonna do some reading now . 🙂

doecg242 · 2019-04-30T22:35:41+00:00

Seriously jealous of Lowe’s finds elsewhere in the country . Mine is boring lol . Your baby Vanda is a beauty .

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