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Post by carkin on Sept 26, 2016 7:48:31 GMT -5
I have heard that you can brush the base with a rooting hormone, but I haven't had any success with that myself. I would just wait and see. If you could increase the humidity then that might help.
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Post by meateater on Dec 27, 2016 13:13:38 GMT -5
Update: The two from supermarkets were gone BUT... This dendrobium is still standing (or seems like it) Just wondering if anyone has any idea what's going on with it? Something's "growing" from the stems.
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Post by hal on Dec 28, 2016 11:27:28 GMT -5
It's probably sending out roots and may form a keiki that you can remove and plant.
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Post by deanm on Dec 28, 2016 12:35:40 GMT -5
Hal is most likely correct. There is another possibility too though. Depending upon the parental species in the background - if it has Dendrobium nobile (and or some of the related species) in it the they may also be flower buds starting to develop. This is about the right time of year for nobile species/hybrids to initiate flower buds along their unbloomd canes (essentially this past years growth).
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Post by meateater on Dec 29, 2016 14:31:49 GMT -5
The label says 'Den. heterocarpum'
I haven't fertilized it yet (afraid it'll hurt the plant more after a mold problem). Is now a good time to fertilize it?
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Post by hal on Dec 29, 2016 17:18:04 GMT -5
The label says 'Den. heterocarpum' I haven't fertilized it yet (afraid it'll hurt the plant more after a mold problem). Is now a good time to fertilize it? Probably not, but it's hard to say if you don't know the plants recent conditions. Dendrobiums usually need to be kept cool and dry in the winter and you resume regular watering and weekly fertilizing after flowering in the spring.
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Post by meateater on Jan 2, 2017 18:23:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice! I'll keep an eye on it and update this post.
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Post by meateater on May 2, 2017 19:47:02 GMT -5
So it's a keiki! Not just one but many along each stem! I'm using one keiki for experiment -- wrapping it in sphagnum to see what happens.
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