Orchid of the day: Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium lindleyi

Arne got this orchid in 2007 and it began to produce flowers in 2013. Since then this Dendrobium lindleyi has been 'happy' and this time around, it has produced six flower stems with about 130 flowers! Below is a paragraph Arne put together for this post. 

"Dendrobium lindleyi needs bright light but not direct sun and frequent watering during summer.  I have the plant in a tree fern ‘pot’ that I hang in a dogwood tree from late May until the end of September.  For those of you that don’t have a place during winter with bright light and a temperature around 50 °F (~10 °C), don’t expect to get any flowers in spring unless you stop watering at the end of November and try to find some place during the nights in late December until the end of January where the night temperatures drop drastically.  What I did this year was to put the plant outside under our covered porch during nights when the temperature didn’t drop below 40 °F (~5 C).  I don’t think it was outside more than 4 – 5 nights during that time.  It worked though!" ~Arne

If you are interested to learn more about this orchid, please click on these links as it will bring you to my earlier posts (January 10th, 2016; May 1st, 2016).

A) March 5th. Six inflorescences with many flower buds on each.

B) Flower buds waiting to burst open. A close up view of the buds are better seen in my earlier post on May 1st, 2016.

C) The grower with his baby in hand, on March 18th.

D) Most of the flowers have opened on March 18th.

E) Out in the sun after a snowy day in Baltimore.

F) Some snow still on the ground.

G) Dendrobium lindleyi today, April 1st, still in full bloom.

H) Zooming in the individual flower.

I) Such a beautiful specimen.

J) A final photo for this post.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and the beautiful photos of our Dendrobium lindleyi. Until my next post, have a great week everyone!