Dendrobium vexillarius

Very nice!

 

I like this species too. I found out that they can handle warmer nights than people usually think. No damage with 60F night temperatures for 30 days in a row.

 

Nice one!

 

Very nice

 

That's a nice miniature Dendrobium. Does it need much light to flower?

 

Hi Raven, unlike cuthbertsonii which seems to be somewhat tolerant regardless of the color form, I believe some of the varieties of vexillarius may be more tolerant than others. I find that microblepharum (Orange) and alboviride (white) bloom just as well in the Summer as in the Winter. I find that elworthyi (dark orange-red) grows in the Summer but doesn't bloom well...also find it needs more light. The pink uncinatum I'm still unsure about. I don't have, but would love the blue (retroflexum). I hear it really likes cool and is reputed as difficult.

 

Chuck, good to know, I was going to try a blue one, but now I'm a bit hesitating (the price is high!).

 

Hi Raven, I haven't even seen a blue one for sale.

 

I found just one for trade/sale from a private grower.

 

If you see one again and you think the price is too high, let me know

 

Sure.

 

I have had the "chance" to spend a good amount of money on Retroflexum plants imported 3 & 5 years ago by Popow in Germany. They were not more expensive than orange ones (ca. 20-30€ per plant), but noone was really blue, most of them were some greyish-greenish-bluish-violet, quite pale...but still very interesting colours for sure. I think the lack of cold temperature during blooming was responsible for paler (and smaller) flowers. A few of them still have some living growths, but most declined and died after max. 1 year of seemingly good growth. And almost noone rebloomed after the buds/flowers on imported plants faded. I grow fairly well the red-orange forms - all plants multiplied their size ca. x 2 per year, but more than 50% of them suddenly died, one after one, most often in summer. The ones I still have are doing great, and I think they're those I kept on the drier side, without too much synthic at the roots (mounted on tropical hardwood)
The white forms here survive fairly well, but growth is slow, and blooming more than erratic.
All this in Belgium, in a greenhouse with 10°C winter minima, 28-30 °C summer highs.

 

Thanks, I'll check it out!

 

I also have seedlings maturing, that I'll be trading next spring ;-)

 

Hi Raven...put me on the list. I have a lot of divisions, and seedlings...And have yet to start my "annual repotting" of the cool growers.

 

Def. I have 10 seedlings survived, but they are growing really well.

 

From my understanding, that is still a huge success!