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Post by mpenglee on Oct 29, 2007 13:46:35 GMT 8
we bought some orchids from the nursery in batu arang. it was growing well for a while. now only the stem remains. my wife claims the orchids are hibernating but it has been a long long while. how do you tell whether it is dead or not?
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Post by khairimhd on Oct 29, 2007 16:26:19 GMT 8
To mpenglee : Do you have any photo of the hibernating orchid? I need to know the orchid belong the what genus first before I can give some comment. Thank you. Khairimhd exoticgallery.fotopic.net/
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Post by tarence on Oct 30, 2007 12:56:56 GMT 8
mpenglee: i guess Khairi wants to know the variety of orchid coz some types shed their leaves and eventually flowers will sprout from the naked stem.
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Post by mpenglee on Oct 31, 2007 17:33:46 GMT 8
forgot to take the pictures. will snap some today and upload tomorrow.
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Post by mpenglee on Nov 3, 2007 11:15:55 GMT 8
just managed to snap some photos dead or sleeping?
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Post by funkychips on Nov 4, 2007 14:44:03 GMT 8
I don't know about leafless orchids coming back to life but this doesn't look good to me. Try repotting the plant in fresh media and see what happens. my two cents
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Post by cosmoking on Nov 4, 2007 19:40:06 GMT 8
No, this is perfectly normal behaviour for Dendrobium(which is what it is) They are often decidious or semi-decidious, and usually produce flowers on leafless canes, though they occasionally produce flowers on both leafy and leafless canes. It is thus very important not to cut these canes.
Your plant also looks very underpotted; I would take it out of that pot, throw away all the old substrate, and re-pot the plant on the surface of the pot rather then sinking it in half way down the pot. Put the plant in the middle and do not bury the canes, because they will produce new, leafy canes eventually that will start at the base of the leafless ones, so if you bury the leafless ones the new canes may have difficulty getting out of the substrate.
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Post by khairimhd on Nov 5, 2007 11:12:23 GMT 8
mpenglee : This is a Dendrobium orchid. I gues uts hybrid. From the photo, I guess that your dendrobium root is rot. before repot, cut all the rot root hang the cans spray with the root inducer wait until the grow of new healthy root repot your dendrobium
Don't bury the can, it will block the keikei to grow. Dendrobium need 80% light to grow well and flower. Water once a day only. .
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Post by mpenglee on Nov 5, 2007 13:01:39 GMT 8
thanks for the advice. i'll repot these two and maybe move them back into the porch to keep them drier?
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Post by khairimhd on Nov 5, 2007 16:35:46 GMT 8
Mo mantai ( No problem )..Put your dendrobium outside after do the repotting process. Find the place that can give 80% light and good aeration. If necessary, apply fungcide at the basal to kill the fungus. Better use the systemic action fungicide by ask the seller, if they don't know about that, DON'T BUY. Example ocommercial of systemic action fungcide are TOPSIN and BENNEX. Class IV. Price around RM30 or below.
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Post by harris on Feb 25, 2008 11:33:54 GMT 8
Hi,
Dendrobiums are usually pretty hardy.
I've had this problem before and thought that there is no chance for it to survive. And guess what, it produce a keiki!! It's great how nature works...
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