Dendrobium Orchid (Dendrobium aggregatum)

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revlar Brooksville, FL(Zone 9b) Apr 28, 2005

Dendrobium Orchid
Dendrobium aggregatum

Orchid - Dendrobium Aggregatum Majus

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 01, 2005

I like the way it's mounted, almost like it were growing out of the wall.

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revlar Brooksville, FL(Zone 9b) May 02, 2005

Thanks Captmicha: Brick is a nice nutural backgound for a photo - it's mounted on a tree fern slab.

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 03, 2005

Do you mist it daily or does it get enough moisture? I wish I could grow them like that here in MD!

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gumlla Mirpur (A.K), Pakistan(Zone 9b) May 03, 2005

Why the roots of Orchids are bare?

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 03, 2005

If mounted, the roots will grow in the air. These are terrestrial orchids. Even if you pot them, their roots will often grow up and out of the pot. In the wild, they grow on trees.

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gumlla Mirpur (A.K), Pakistan(Zone 9b) May 03, 2005

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very interesting. Beautiful plant.
Kaleem

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revlar Brooksville, FL(Zone 9b) May 03, 2005

We have loads of humidity here in Florida but do water it twice a week during the winter months. Once our rainy season begins (late May) they are on their own outdoors for the summer with just an occasional fertilizer application - rain water alone has quite a few nutrients

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 03, 2005

That's awesome! I'd just love being able to grow orchids in trees like they're in the wild.

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RUK Fair Lawn, NJ(Zone 6b) May 03, 2005

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Andy's Orchids!!! He sells them just like that. As a matter of fact, I have almost the very same plant on a tree fern slab, mine came from Andy's a few years ago and it is budding right now. Revlar, your nice plant is way ahead of mine.

Michelle, go for it!! This is as close as it gets to growing Orchids attached to a tree.