DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: The Gatton Way to Get Flowers

Dendrobiums Orchid Doctor

by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

Posted by Sys Admin over 8 years ago.


This article references Den. phalaenopsis.
Article Blog   Article Index
Get them into vigorous growth in February; feed and grow until August with regular fertilizer; in August change to good potash fertilizer; reduce temperature ten to 15 degrees F. at same time for six weeks; return to warmth at night about October 1; bud growth should follow. OR78-242
Share on Social Media:  
Log in to Add a Comment

More The Orchid Doctor Articles under the Heading Dendrobium phalaenopsis

Dendrobium phalaenopsis Comments
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Buds Dry and Fall Off May be caused by ethylene. A79-262 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Hit by Cold Spell Remove all discolored canes and rhizomes; repot and water sparingly until new roots reach pot edge. F70-182 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: How to Get Them to Bloom Grow warm and humid until Labor Day then move them to the cymbidium house, slightly reduce watering until Christmas when growths are complete; return to warm house for flowering in about 60 days. ODA72-128 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Minimum Optimums Hardcane: 65 deg.F. nights, with 50% relative humidity, and 4,000 fc. winter and 8,000 fc. summer; softcane: 55 deg.F. to 60 deg. nights, with 50% relative humidity and 3,000 fc. winter and 6,000 fc. summer. AU71-135 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: New Growth Rots in July and September Several diseases can cause the injury; water early in the day and only enough. A72-55 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Old Canes If plump and good, keep on plant; if old and weak, remove. A69-1003 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Pot Size Relative to pseudobulb height; under four inches high (10 cm.) use pot two and three-quarters inch to three inch (7 cm.); canes four to eight inches high use three and a half inch pot; eight to fifteen inches high (20 to 35 cra.) use four inch pot; over fifteen inches high use five inch pot, A70-47 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Propagation Methods Those with runners or rhizomes can be divided like cattleyas; those like Den. lyonii can be split into clumps of pseudobulbs; pendulous types like Den. anosmum may be divided by means of keikis or by cutting the stems into pieces, each with several nodes and placing them on damp moss or coconut fibre in the shade. OD71-145; NH72(4)19+ 0
DENDROBIUM PHALAENOPSIS: Too Tall Stunt them by removing the top three or four inches; flowering spike or keikis will appear. F70-116 0

New Topics

  1. Rosemary Chenery asked question Lost tag in category General Discussion
  2. Glenda Ratliff asked question Issue with Blc. Ben O'Neil "Jubilee in category General Discussion
  3. Debbie Chase asked question Help identifying this orchid. in category General Discussion
  4. Harry Koplin asked question Snow birds dilemma. in category General Discussion
  5. didier fouquet asked question Looking to import Vanilla Pompona schiede in category General Discussion
Ask a Question

Start a Topic

New Comments

  1. John Varigos commented on orchid Bulb. schwarzii
  2. Linda Hartman commented on topic "Issue with Blc. Ben O'Neil "Jubilee" by Glenda Ratliff
  3. Henry Shaw commented on member plant Ons. Catatante 'Los Roble' by Henry Shaw
  4. Mary Lane commented on member plant Den. Tianmu Canary by Terre Moore
  5. Pamela Stegmaier commented on member plant Rlc. Esther Costa var. Orange Fantasy by Mary Lane
  6. Mary Lane commented on member plant Rth. Linda Vee var. Kira - Cluster Orange by Mary Lane
  7. William Gorski commented on topic "Looking to purchase" by Judy Rutz
  8. Robert Rand commented on member plant Cattlianthe Auri Guis by Robert Rand
  9. Julie Ellner commented on member plant Phal. amabilis var. formosanum by Vickie Seibert
  10. Julie Ellner commented on member plant Rlc. Green Dragoon 'Mendenhall' by Jeanne Uzar Hudson
  11. Barry J Silver commented on orchid Lyon. SunCoast Pink Passion
  12. Carol Holdren commented on topic "Phalaenopsis William Kistler?" by Nicholas Filannino
  13. Carol Holdren commented on orchid Colm. Eric Gabriel Heines
  14. Carol Holdren commented on topic "Cattleya little susie" by Juliann Eckhard
  15. Carol Holdren commented on member plant Bc. Morning Glory by Chris Siolo
  16. R .Benson commented on member plant Kir. New Hybrid (Fred Clarke) SVO9831 by R .Benson
  17. Carol Holdren commented on topic "Blooming Stenglottis Venus “jamboree “" by John Urey
  18. Jeanne Uzar Hudson commented on member plant Lc. Canhamiana var. coerulea 'Cobalt' by Jeanne Uzar Hudson
  19. Jeanne Uzar Hudson commented on member plant Sns. gemmata by Jeanne Uzar Hudson
  20. Stefan Neher commented on topic "Orchid roots .com site?" by Mary Lane