I’ve been growing the same large dendrobium orchid (didn’t know it was called Noble but looks like it from photos) since 1980. I’ve had it get too big and divided it or cut back to a small one in the pot from time to time. I live in Kansas so we’re too dry to not water anytime of the year. When I’ve summered it outside under a tree are the years it has bloomed profusely. It gets hit my the garden sprinklers a couple times a week and I spray it when watering pots. Its always has had dark green healthy looking stalks. In the winter I mist it several days a week, run water through the roots once a week and have a tray of gravel below it that I keep water in. I wish I could share a photo, its a stunning plant. I do stake it up, it got to about 4’x3’ in size before my son told me it had to be divided because he wasn't moving it anymore. It was beastly heavy. That said, I’ve had up to 18 bows of blooms between maybe 1.5 - 2.5’ long arching all around it. A gentleman from the orchid society told me not to over force the blooms. Let the plant rest. I gave sections to friends and one to the Sedgwick County Zoo this year. I give it a weak balanced water in fertilizer in the winter in the mist and treat it like the yard plants outside in the spring by putting Gardeners Special slow release fertilizer in about May.
I love D. nobile. I got mine as a gift keiki about 12 years ago, and it's been tough as nails and a faithful bloomer. Definitely one of the easiest and toughest orchids I've ever had.
You are still helping people. I am going to ease mine outside for cooler summer nights and sun. Will bring inside in the fall and dry. Should be about right around here. Thank you!
Brad, Looks like you have found the solution to getting them to bloom. I have great success with nobile types. I'm in Orlando, FL and feel that cold weather is most necessary to set the bloom. I only bring mine inside when the temperature is going to be below 50* F. High light level and root bound in small pots is also necessary. Good luck !
hi, because of you putting yours outside I did also. I live in the UK and hosed the Dendrobium each time I watered the other plants, roughly every other day. We had a hot (32c) temps this year. The flowers had dropped off since buying it in May. Now though, in July there are signs of new blooms at the top of the leafed up cane and a back older bare cane. So, thank you :)
I have had great success blooming them, but not luck keeping them alive. I keep them outside from early spring until threat of frost in the fall and within 6 weeks of coming inside I have flowers. Thanks for this vid, it really helps.
Hi Brad, I grow Dendrobium Nobile orchids in tropical North Queensland Australia. They flower profusely and have many stems. They love lots of light but not full sun even too much morning sun can hold off flowering, they love humidity and need to be watered just after drying out. They flower on the same stem so i pretty much leave them alone.
Thanks dude. Mine has not flowered since the flowers it had when I bought it died off. Got a few keikis on it, I've just removed 2 and repotted them. Next year, I'll put it outside.
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Great information! I had limited success with my D. Mobile until I gave them high light all year and dry in winter. I’ll give them cool temps. longer this year and maybe I’ll have even more success. Also, D. Lodiggesii seemed to like the same conditions. Thanks so much for all your info
Great video. What a drastic difference the location makes. I'm new to nobiles and so far it's going good. At the moment I don't have the ability to put mine outside but I'm getting good growth on my 1st nobile - when it bloomed the blooms didn't last as long as I'd like because of the shock of the environment changes but now it's growing 2 new canes so i'm happy.
I first watched this video some time last year. I had received a dendrobium nobile as a gift and it had loads of blooms, but how do get it to bloom again? After seeing your video, I took it to a south facing bedroom that is unobstructed by trees or bushes. I did fertilize and water it, and I now have three big flowers on one stalk and several more stalks developing with at least two buds on each. I did occasionally have a window slightly open recently (March); it’s placed near a radiator, but the temperature is turned down a bit at night. Somehow it all worked and I hope we can do a little better this coming year. Just wanted to say thank you for your experiment.
Awesome video Brad! Loved the explanation on the 2 techniques you tried with these Dens. Can't wait to see the one in full bloom. Iit will be stunning!
I have a rather large one , about 4ft, it is outside in the sun and absolutely covered in blossom just before Xmas.I just water and give it a bit of thrive now and then, I'm waiting for the keikis to come so I can start more.
Yes, I didn't get flowers this year on my dendrobium nobile. It was in a spare room with a lot of sunshine and temperatures went down to 50°F, but that wasn't enough and I watered it😅I have studied 4 nobiles that hang on a fence on a narrow road close to my workplace where in winter it gets down to 21.2°F, yep, that cold and the canes droop in places as frost sometimes can reach them. It even snows occasionally. The days are sunny and freezes at night. Then comes Spring and they recover and get some lighw Spring showers. By May they are blooming. So nobile can take a lot colder than we think, although this is a Winter in Japan where I live. Summers bring the monsoon and August brings harsh sunshine and high temperatures into the 90s. This week it hit 102.2°F
Dear Brad, try droping their temperature by putting icepack for the night and removing in the morning. Works likea magic! Water right the way when you see new growth.
very interesting video, thanks for sharing. I have two dendrobiums that were given to me and am trying to learn how to care for them so that they will bloom. I live in Massachusetts and do not have a greenhouse. They are kept in the house year round. I will try putting one out this spring and hope that I can keep it alive.
My two dens are outside in bright shade year round here in California. They are a couple years old. Got fr Trader Joe's. This year I got 3 blossoms and a keki. Info here is very helpful. Didn't know they needed that much water. My canes are pretty good but they go every which way. I have to learn how to stake them early I guess.
Thank you for your help. This is my first time growing Dendrobium It was bought for me in bloom but so far no regrowth. I will put it out next year .. but for a shorter time .. England is known for long hot summers. Thank you again. I found your vidio very interesting.
Great video, Brad! Coincidently, the "Orchids" magazine published by the AOS has an article this month on temperature requirements for many genera including Dendrobiums broken down by sections. I find that I worry about the plants that need temperatures near freezing but the plants seem to do very well. It is surprising how many orchids can really endure temperatures down to freezing and even below. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Nice video, I have some sort of dendrobium that was given me as a gift, and it has never bloomed in my hands (It arrived with gorgeous magenta flowers). I totally abused it - it had come in sphagnum moss in a container with no holes. I underwatered, I overwatered, gave it nasty root rot. So I got a well draining pot and some bark type orchid medium (And some orchid fertilizer) and I brought it back from the brink, but I am not doing the right things to help it bloom, so this was very helpful. I see you are in BC - I am in Wisconsin, further south, but quite a bit colder in winter. I think I would like to get my orchid out into the sun during the summer. How much cold can these tolerate? How much heat/direct sun? Do I need to move it out gradually to avoid sunscald? It can be humid here in summer, but the orchid would be hanging on the south side of the house. Is fluorescent light sufficient in winter? The house is very dry in winter, so I have been watering regularly, though in winter I moved it to my bedroom which has terrible light exposure but is cooler (68-72 F). Thanks for the tips!
Thank u for the valuable information. on nobile the leaves are shiny green supple was feeling happy about it. no looms. now I understood the fault is in adequate sun willcorrect it. thank u.
I have that orchid and it gives me tons of orchids in the summer. I'm in zone 9 florida and so it its plenty of moisture. But this year I've had green bulbs come out after a flower drops off. Do you know what it is? And what do I do with it?
I have one of these plants but on the main stem I have what look like new little plants growing towards the top. Advise on these please. Can I repot these?
My two dens only had two blooms on the tip of the canes, not on the sides. Have had them for a couple of years but the canes aren't nearly as big and plump. I guess I will do the winter rest. Never did that.plus will read more on their care. I keep my orchids outdoors in bright shade in California
If the canes are not as big and plump, it is either due to a lack of Sunlight, or lack of fertilisation. Type nobile Dendrobium require more fertilizer than other orchids such as the Phalaenopsis. For example if you use an all-purpose 20-20-20 fertizer every watering, at 1/4 (one fourth) of the recomended concentration for your Phalaenopsis, a Dendrobium will require 1/2 (half) the recomended concentration.
Brad, thanks so much for this video. It helps me to know what to do with mine. I don't think mine get enough light. I will be remedying that soon. Hopefully, mine will put on some bloom spike. This was very interesting. Well done.
Going to stick my nobly outside after the last frost here in California. Hopefully I'll have some luck next year with some blooming🌸 thanks for the knowledge🌱
Hello.I'm a new fan :) I wish you could come to Singapore.we are known for orchids.I just went to a huge farm this morning and brought 3.your videos are really great.it's nice of you to make these.I like that you mentioned dark green means it isn't getting enough Sun.one of my orchid I bright from a store on impulse has it.now they are all outside in the sun.I hope to understand more on keiki.I'm stressed out about the watering part.I was told that worry about giving more water rather than giving less.
Got some more dendros today and figured id check out some of your older vids Brad. This was awesome. Loved all the info!! Keep up the good work as always!
Great video. Always so educational to see an experimental comparison like this. I am cramped for space but have been considering purchasing a nobile. Thus video has really helped me decide. Thanks loads.
Hi Brad. I have a small but hugely bushy Den nobile that I got on the ACE hardware sale table for $8 (half dead then). It has gotten so thick because I didn't know not to stop the water in the winter. My question is, it's so thick with leaves on the canes, I wonder if I should split it or IF I potted it in a bigger pot, would it spread out? I can't see how it would be attractive if it bloomed next spring with so many canes bunched together. It has leaves on all canes. I can barely see the media or the roots. Thanks, Ellen in Atlantic Beach, FL
hi brad i'm in australia our seasons are opposite to yours my nobile's are only about 12" or 30cm tall ive had them for about 4 months all through summer and a couple look like they may have set flower spikes unsure yet as they are a bit small but they are in the right place on the cane is there a minimum age or size these orchid have to be to flower
This video is so helpful. I’m taking care of one of these for my mother in law and sadly I cut the stems thinking it would help the other stems re-bloom. Hopefully I can get some blooms in the spring of 2018.
I put my dendrobium outside in the Vancouver BC winter for 3 months..it is totally neglected;. when i take it back inside in February or March it blooms nicely.
The nobile type Dendrobiums are very easy to bloom. You are just hitting on what is needed. I grow all of mine in 100% full sunlight all year long, even down here in the south Florida sun. In the spring, if they need repotting, do so. Pot in sphagnum moss in a plastic pot, but do not use a pot that is too big, mix in a little Nutricote or Dynamite 13-13-13 time released fertilizer, do not use Osmocote. When the new growths are big enough and have new roots growing water daily, yes daily, the mix will be dry by the next day. Nobile types come from areas of monsoonal rains and love the extra water while growing, just make sure that they get plenty of air circulation and movement. You can fertilize with a balanced 20-20-20 liquid fertilizer diluted and used weekly during the growing season until August, no later than that. Keep watering after you stop fertilizing in August until the new growth matures. When the new growth matures, usually October to Dec., stop watering completely and do not water until plants start blooming, unless the cane starts to shrivel, then water very sparingly. Best of luck. If you want more information on growing Dendrobium nobile, or Dendrobium species, feel free to join the Dendrobium species group on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/161594227359847/
I'm struggling with the potting mix. I used the plain orchiata but the plant seems to grow very slow. Do I need to fix the plant so it could not move? Thanks
Hi Brad can you pls do a video on growing orchid outdoors once the temperature in BC is warmer? "Spring" in California starts in February and I would love to know how to give my cattleya, oncidium, and a couple other orchids maximum sunlight without burning them. Thanks!
I stopped watering and just sprayed during winter, and my canes just shrivelled up. Removing it, I noticed that it was in a mess of fine media and all the roots have rotted off.
Brad, I love your channel. Thanks for all the detailed information you provide. I have a Dendrobium. It bloomed once only one spike and a few blossoms. I recently tried it in full water culture. I want to see if there is any benefit to that. Have you ever done full water culture? Do you have any wisdom to share with us on the whole subject of full water culture? Gosh, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
Hi Brad I have a question for you. I am thinking about changing the pot of the orchid. Should I use Orchid mix or moss or regular soil? Thank You Have A Nice Day
What does it mean if the leaves on one of the canes (the first to have its flowers dry up and end up with an empty flower stem) are going, and have gone, completely yellow? I don't feel like I've watered much as i know they can rot. Thanks!
Hello Brad :) I was wondering. I had to leave my Dendrobium Nobile with my sister. The two main canes are still green, but they are incredibly shrivelled and dehydrated. Is there a way to replenish them to their former plump selves, or will they never be as lovely as they used to?
Brad, I have a large Den with many, many bulbs and 2 kiki's. It is my first Den and I have no idea how to care for it ... it's "December". I've read conflicting information. Do continue to water and fertilize since it's in bud? Help, please!
I have found out by experience that they like more water than some. Very rainy seasons seem to be the key for mine to bloom. This year one of my dendrobiums has 2 spikes coming out of the same shoot. This has never happened for me before so I'm very excited to see them bloom here in another month.
Very nice! I have a dendrobium noid which is not too healthy. Not sure whats wrong. It had one big cane when I got it, after it was done blooming & the leaves fell off, nothing happened for the longest time. This spring it had 5 new growths, two of those got to 3 or 4 inches and suddently they stopped growing, about 2 months ago now. Then a few growths turned mushy and just fell off.. I let it dry out real well and repotted it a few days ago, disinfected the roots while i did that. (the roots feel firm, they're kind of a light brown color. Is that ok?) The three remaining growths are just sitting there, not getting bigger. Two of them are just 1 in or so, the third one is more like 3 inches but the leaves on it are getting brown.. Any advice?
HI BRAD i bght my 1st nobile today noticed when i took her out of plasic (kind they put on when u buy them) the leaves felt softer than my phal den it is in full bloom with over 35 flowers has 2 new keiki on her also 2 new canes about 8 inches she looks healty other than the leaves should i worry.....thnks
Have you tried supplementing the light the orchid receive with red led lights? A specific wavelength of red led lights aids in blooming and fruiting. I'm using blue to recover some orchids and so far they are doing better.
Good call on light wave length. I grow hydroponically on a small scale. I control the seasons, wave length is very important in triggering the fruiting stage. I use halides for spring and summer and add a sodium for fall and winter. Just my 2 cents.
BRAD soft canes need to rest over winter watering once a week or two weeksis all they need , they flower early mid winter, water every two days in summer , every day if its hot, they like a lot of light all year round, im in Brisbane Australia and grow a few soft canes, to much water or fertaliza over the colder months will end with a lot of kikis or lost of plant due to rot, what you did was right though i would give them as much light over winter i could,
I just got a Dendrobium Frosty Dawn from my local orchid society , I was wondering if you have heard about them or have grown them Brad ...Im stumped is it a Nobile or Phal Type ?
If I keep them outside until the first frost can i bring them in the house after that? We don't heat our greenhouse in the winter and we usually keep our house in the low 70s.
Hi, I am repotting an Onc.Tsiku Marguerite HCF#1 orchid with lots of roots. Would it be a problem, if I planted it in a larger container, 4" to a 6"? I like the idea to repot in larger pots...Thanks!
Hello brad, thankyou for a great video. I havea a very small plant and I thought it was dead but in fact it has grown lots of kikis (I don't know how to spell that as I hadn't heard of them before) and also it now has thin wiry root like shoots with a tiny bulbous end shooting out from different points up the 'stalk'. What are these and should I chop off the kikis? Boo
I’ve been growing the same large dendrobium orchid (didn’t know it was called Noble but looks like it from photos) since 1980. I’ve had it get too big and divided it or cut back to a small one in the pot from time to time. I live in Kansas so we’re too dry to not water anytime of the year. When I’ve summered it outside under a tree are the years it has bloomed profusely. It gets hit my the garden sprinklers a couple times a week and I spray it when watering pots. Its always has had dark green healthy looking stalks. In the winter I mist it several days a week, run water through the roots once a week and have a tray of gravel below it that I keep water in. I wish I could share a photo, its a stunning plant. I do stake it up, it got to about 4’x3’ in size before my son told me it had to be divided because he wasn't moving it anymore. It was beastly heavy. That said, I’ve had up to 18 bows of blooms between maybe 1.5 - 2.5’ long arching all around it. A gentleman from the orchid society told me not to over force the blooms. Let the plant rest. I gave sections to friends and one to the Sedgwick County Zoo this year. I give it a weak balanced water in fertilizer in the winter in the mist and treat it like the yard plants outside in the spring by putting Gardeners Special slow release fertilizer in about May.
Great comparison Brad! yep, really think the trick is that winter cold period to get some blooms on them. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, mine had never been that cold but it worked!
I love D. nobile. I got mine as a gift keiki about 12 years ago, and it's been tough as nails and a faithful bloomer. Definitely one of the easiest and toughest orchids I've ever had.
You are still helping people. I am going to ease mine outside for cooler summer nights and sun. Will bring inside in the fall and dry. Should be about right around here. Thank you!
Brad, Looks like you have found the solution to getting them to bloom. I have great success with nobile types. I'm in Orlando, FL and feel that cold weather is most necessary to set the bloom. I only bring mine inside when the temperature is going to be below 50* F. High light level and root bound in small pots is also necessary. Good luck !
Loved the tale of two Dendrobiums. ;) I have two and I'm going to do exactly what you do with the outside one.
hi, because of you putting yours outside I did also. I live in the UK and hosed the Dendrobium each time I watered the other plants, roughly every other day. We had a hot (32c) temps this year. The flowers had dropped off since buying it in May. Now though, in July there are signs of new blooms at the top of the leafed up cane and a back older bare cane. So, thank you :)
Great I love orchids 👍
At last I’ve found a helpful D orchid video on you tube, comparing the 2 really helped me see what you mean, thank you
I guess you should put the one out with his brother so he can bloom next year! I bet the two together will have spectacular blooms!
I have had great success blooming them, but not luck keeping them alive. I keep them outside from early spring until threat of frost in the fall and within 6 weeks of coming inside I have flowers. Thanks for this vid, it really helps.
Good sharing
i'm stoked i put my nobile outside, it has buds : ) ... thanks for showing us the difference in growth between the two brothers.
You bet Chris, Thanks for watching!
Hi Brad, I grow Dendrobium Nobile orchids in tropical North Queensland Australia. They flower profusely and have many stems. They love lots of light but not full sun even too much morning sun can hold off flowering, they love humidity and need to be watered just after drying out. They flower on the same stem so i pretty much leave them alone.
Hi, growing my DN on north coast Jamaica...had 11 flower spikes in past 12 months 😊❤🇯🇲
Thanks dude.
Mine has not flowered since the flowers it had when I bought it died off.
Got a few keikis on it, I've just removed 2 and repotted them.
Next year, I'll put it outside.
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VERY INTERESTING VIDEO, HOPE YOU GET PRETTY BLOOMS SOON.
Thanks Juliana
From what I’ve seen on UA-cam, the Dendrobium Kane’s , all hang down & the blooms are beautiful !
Great information! I had limited success with my D. Mobile until I gave them high light all year and dry in winter. I’ll give them cool temps. longer this year and maybe I’ll have even more success. Also, D. Lodiggesii seemed to like the same conditions. Thanks so much for all your info
Great video. What a drastic difference the location makes. I'm new to nobiles and so far it's going good. At the moment I don't have the ability to put mine outside but I'm getting good growth on my 1st nobile - when it bloomed the blooms didn't last as long as I'd like because of the shock of the environment changes but now it's growing 2 new canes so i'm happy.
2 new canes is off to a great start, best of luck with them.
Thanks for the great tip. It's almost February and I have buds.
very nice story.. favorite video of the year so far
Glad to hear, thanks for watching!
I first watched this video some time last year. I had received a dendrobium nobile as a gift and it had loads of blooms, but how do get it to bloom again? After seeing your video, I took it to a south facing bedroom that is unobstructed by trees or bushes. I did fertilize and water it, and I now have three big flowers on one stalk and several more stalks developing with at least two buds on each. I did occasionally have a window slightly open recently (March); it’s placed near a radiator, but the temperature is turned down a bit at night. Somehow it all worked and I hope we can do a little better this coming year. Just wanted to say thank you for your experiment.
This is a Fantastic video Brad. it was great to see a comparison between the 2. I want to try growing one of these now :) I'm up for the challenge.
Thanks Bill and thanks for sharing it on all of your social networks too !
My pleasure :)
Awesome video Brad! Loved the explanation on the 2 techniques you tried with these Dens. Can't wait to see the one in full bloom. Iit will be stunning!
Thanks, This story was nearly a year in the making
I have a rather large one , about 4ft, it is outside in the sun and absolutely covered in blossom just before Xmas.I just water and give it a bit of thrive now and then, I'm waiting for the keikis to come so I can start more.
Yes, I didn't get flowers this year on my dendrobium nobile. It was in a spare room with a lot of sunshine and temperatures went down to 50°F, but that wasn't enough and I watered it😅I have studied 4 nobiles that hang on a fence on a narrow road close to my workplace where in winter it gets down to 21.2°F, yep, that cold and the canes droop in places as frost sometimes can reach them. It even snows occasionally. The days are sunny and freezes at night. Then comes Spring and they recover and get some lighw Spring showers. By May they are blooming. So nobile can take a lot colder than we think, although this is a Winter in Japan where I live. Summers bring the monsoon and August brings harsh sunshine and high temperatures into the 90s. This week it hit 102.2°F
Dear Brad, try droping their temperature by putting icepack for the night and removing in the morning. Works likea magic! Water right the way when you see new growth.
Thanks for the tipp
Very helpful 👍
Very informative!
@BradsGreenhouse & Gardening Please when to start watering the Dendrobium again?
Another great video. Thanks for the information.
Mary Erwin your welcome!
very interesting video, thanks for sharing. I have two dendrobiums that were given to me and am trying to learn how to care for them so that they will bloom. I live in Massachusetts and do not have a greenhouse. They are kept in the house year round. I will try putting one out this spring and hope that I can keep it alive.
cool, Just watch for frost and you'll be fine!
My two dens are outside in bright shade year round here in California. They are a couple years old. Got fr Trader Joe's. This year I got 3 blossoms and a keki. Info here is very helpful. Didn't know they needed that much water. My canes are pretty good but they go every which way. I have to learn how to stake them early I guess.
Great advise thanks
Thank you for your help. This is my first time growing Dendrobium It was bought for me in bloom but so far no regrowth. I will put it out next year .. but for a shorter time .. England is known for long hot summers. Thank you again. I found your vidio very interesting.
What do you consider cooler and warmer temperatures?
Great video, Brad! Coincidently, the "Orchids" magazine published by the AOS has an article this month on temperature requirements for many genera including Dendrobiums broken down by sections. I find that I worry about the plants that need temperatures near freezing but the plants seem to do very well. It is surprising how many orchids can really endure temperatures down to freezing and even below. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thanks Wade, I have a Leila Anceps that is really temperature tolerant that I'm doing a video on shortly.
Nice video, I have some sort of dendrobium that was given me as a gift, and it has never bloomed in my hands (It arrived with gorgeous magenta flowers). I totally abused it - it had come in sphagnum moss in a container with no holes. I underwatered, I overwatered, gave it nasty root rot. So I got a well draining pot and some bark type orchid medium (And some orchid fertilizer) and I brought it back from the brink, but I am not doing the right things to help it bloom, so this was very helpful. I see you are in BC - I am in Wisconsin, further south, but quite a bit colder in winter. I think I would like to get my orchid out into the sun during the summer. How much cold can these tolerate? How much heat/direct sun? Do I need to move it out gradually to avoid sunscald? It can be humid here in summer, but the orchid would be hanging on the south side of the house. Is fluorescent light sufficient in winter? The house is very dry in winter, so I have been watering regularly, though in winter I moved it to my bedroom which has terrible light exposure but is cooler (68-72 F). Thanks for the tips!
Hi mine on the end of one of the Keynes has grown like white long, roots. What are these do I cut these off. Please.
Do you leave the Kiki s on , I have 6 dendrobium noble ,I’m so excited as I now have one that is spiking blooms .
Very VERY helpful video, thanks!
happy to help, thanks for watching!
Thank u for the valuable information. on nobile the leaves are shiny green supple was feeling happy about it. no looms. now I understood the fault is in adequate sun willcorrect it. thank u.
happy to help, thanks for watching!
I have that orchid and it gives me tons of orchids in the summer. I'm in zone 9 florida and so it its plenty of moisture. But this year I've had green bulbs come out after a flower drops off. Do you know what it is? And what do I do with it?
Very interesting!
Thanks!
Perfect Garden, good video, thanks!
I just got the Memory Fizz and my question is after the flowers bloomed where do I cut after they bloomed?
Thank you for sharing this. It's always been a challenge to rebloom the Nobile types.
yes, for me too!
I have one of these plants but on the main stem I have what look like new little plants growing towards the top. Advise on these please. Can I repot these?
hi at what point do you start back watering? thank you Wayne
My two dens only had two blooms on the tip of the canes, not on the sides. Have had them for a couple of years but the canes aren't nearly as big and plump. I guess I will do the winter rest. Never did that.plus will read more on their care. I keep my orchids outdoors in bright shade in California
If the canes are not as big and plump, it is either due to a lack of Sunlight, or lack of fertilisation. Type nobile Dendrobium require more fertilizer than other orchids such as the Phalaenopsis.
For example if you use an all-purpose 20-20-20 fertizer every watering, at 1/4 (one fourth) of the recomended concentration for your Phalaenopsis, a Dendrobium will require 1/2 (half) the recomended concentration.
Cant wait to see the blooms Brad they look great!
I will be sure to do an update video, when they bloom, They bloom for months for me as a bonus
Looking forward to it's blooms
me to ! Thanks for watching!
Brad, thanks so much for this video. It helps me to know what to do with mine. I don't think mine get enough light. I will be remedying that soon. Hopefully, mine will put on some bloom spike. This was very interesting. Well done.
Glad you like it, thanks for watching!
Hi nice day to you. why is my dendrobium orchid leaves curling
Going to stick my nobly outside after the last frost here in California. Hopefully I'll have some luck next year with some blooming🌸 thanks for the knowledge🌱
Happy to share what I know!
Hello.I'm a new fan :) I wish you could come to Singapore.we are known for orchids.I just went to a huge farm this morning and brought 3.your videos are really great.it's nice of you to make these.I like that you mentioned dark green means it isn't getting enough Sun.one of my orchid I bright from a store on impulse has it.now they are all outside in the sun.I hope to understand more on keiki.I'm stressed out about the watering part.I was told that worry about giving more water rather than giving less.
Hi Marlina, thanks for the comment, Happy to meet a new fan! I wish i could come to Singapore to!...some day
Thanks Need for all your help.
SHARON SHORT your welcome!
Got some more dendros today and figured id check out some of your older vids Brad. This was awesome. Loved all the info!! Keep up the good work as always!
That compare and contrast review was really helpful! Thank you!
Great video. Always so educational to see an experimental comparison like this. I am cramped for space but have been considering purchasing a nobile. Thus video has really helped me decide. Thanks loads.
Do you cut off roots coming out of pots
Hi Brad. I have a small but hugely bushy Den nobile that I got on the ACE hardware sale table for $8 (half dead then). It has gotten so thick because I didn't know not to stop the water in the winter. My question is, it's so thick with leaves on the canes, I wonder if I should split it or IF I potted it in a bigger pot, would it spread out? I can't see how it would be attractive if it bloomed next spring with so many canes bunched together. It has leaves on all canes. I can barely see the media or the roots. Thanks, Ellen in Atlantic Beach, FL
Nice video, nice explanation.
hi brad i'm in australia our seasons are opposite to yours my nobile's are only about 12" or 30cm tall ive had them for about 4 months all through summer and a couple look like they may have set flower spikes unsure yet as they are a bit small but they are in the right place on the cane is there a minimum age or size these orchid have to be to flower
This video is so helpful. I’m taking care of one of these for my mother in law and sadly I cut the stems thinking it would help the other stems re-bloom. Hopefully I can get some blooms in the spring of 2018.
I put my dendrobium outside in the Vancouver BC winter for 3 months..it is totally neglected;. when i take it back inside in February or March it blooms nicely.
Brad can i use miracle grow fertilizer for tomato also for orchids flowers ?
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How you used 20:20:20? I mean doses and its frequency?
The nobile type Dendrobiums are very easy to bloom. You are just hitting on what is needed. I grow all of mine in 100% full sunlight all year long, even down here in the south Florida sun. In the spring, if they need repotting, do so. Pot in sphagnum moss in a plastic pot, but do not use a pot that is too big, mix in a little Nutricote or Dynamite 13-13-13 time released fertilizer, do not use Osmocote. When the new growths are big enough and have new roots growing water daily, yes daily, the mix will be dry by the next day. Nobile types come from areas of monsoonal rains and love the extra water while growing, just make sure that they get plenty of air circulation and movement. You can fertilize with a balanced 20-20-20 liquid fertilizer diluted and used weekly during the growing season until August, no later than that. Keep watering after you stop fertilizing in August until the new growth matures. When the new growth matures, usually October to Dec., stop watering completely and do not water until plants start blooming, unless the cane starts to shrivel, then water very sparingly. Best of luck. If you want more information on growing Dendrobium nobile, or Dendrobium species, feel free to join the Dendrobium species group on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/161594227359847/
John Romano LMT why no osmocote???
I'm struggling with the potting mix. I used the plain orchiata but the plant seems to grow very slow. Do I need to fix the plant so it could not move? Thanks
Hi Brad can you pls do a video on growing orchid outdoors once the temperature in BC is warmer? "Spring" in California starts in February and I would love to know how to give my cattleya, oncidium, and a couple other orchids maximum sunlight without burning them. Thanks!
i have dendorium& catelia but no bollom now guideme
I stopped watering and just sprayed during winter, and my canes just shrivelled up. Removing it, I noticed that it was in a mess of fine media and all the roots have rotted off.
Brad, I love your channel. Thanks for all the detailed information you provide. I have a Dendrobium. It bloomed once only one spike and a few blossoms. I recently tried it in full water culture. I want to see if there is any benefit to that. Have you ever done full water culture? Do you have any wisdom to share with us on the whole subject of full water culture? Gosh, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
Can we do grafting/budding in orchid
Lovely video. I left mine in the Garden last year all the buds were eaten by the slugs :-(
bummer!
Hi Brad I have a question for you. I am thinking about changing the pot of the orchid. Should I use Orchid mix or moss or regular soil? Thank You Have A Nice Day
On my dendobrium nobile is it three small plants with roots growing on the mane stem. What should I do with them?
What does it mean if the leaves on one of the canes (the first to have its flowers dry up and end up with an empty flower stem) are going, and have gone, completely yellow? I don't feel like I've watered much as i know they can rot. Thanks!
Hello Brad :) I was wondering. I had to leave my Dendrobium Nobile with my sister. The two main canes are still green, but they are incredibly shrivelled and dehydrated. Is there a way to replenish them to their former plump selves, or will they never be as lovely as they used to?
Brad, I have a large Den with many, many bulbs and 2 kiki's. It is my first Den and I have no idea how to care for it ... it's "December". I've read conflicting information. Do continue to water and fertilize since it's in bud? Help, please!
I have found out by experience that they like more water than some. Very rainy seasons seem to be the key for mine to bloom. This year one of my dendrobiums has 2 spikes coming out of the same shoot. This has never happened for me before so I'm very excited to see them bloom here in another month.
By the way, I have all of mine growing in a tree outside.
Very good video! Question... Do you fertilize the dendrobium during the winter as often as during spring and summer?
Hi Brad, are you selling any of your dendrobium canes?
I can here rain but it’s nice not to loud
Grow them in lava rock mixed with river rocks, should grow very well in greenhouse conditions.
Hi brad .can you please tell me which potting mix shall i use if i need to plant my Dendrobium .
Very nice!
I have a dendrobium noid which is not too healthy. Not sure whats wrong.
It had one big cane when I got it, after it was done blooming & the leaves fell off, nothing happened for the longest time. This spring it had 5 new growths, two of those got to 3 or 4 inches and suddently they stopped growing, about 2 months ago now. Then a few growths turned mushy and just fell off.. I let it dry out real well and repotted it a few days ago, disinfected the roots while i did that. (the roots feel firm, they're kind of a light brown color. Is that ok?)
The three remaining growths are just sitting there, not getting bigger. Two of them are just 1 in or so, the third one is more like 3 inches but the leaves on it are getting brown.. Any advice?
HI BRAD i bght my 1st nobile today noticed when i took her out of plasic (kind they put on when u buy them) the leaves felt softer than my phal den it is in full bloom with over 35 flowers has 2 new keiki on her also 2 new canes about 8 inches she looks healty other than the leaves should i worry.....thnks
Could you make a video on the Holc. subulifolium, there isn’t many video about this orchid. 🙂
Have you tried supplementing the light the orchid receive with red led lights? A specific wavelength of red led lights aids in blooming and fruiting. I'm using blue to recover some orchids and so far they are doing better.
I've just used good old sunlight for 3/4 of the year and cool white bulbs as extra light in the winter.
Good call on light wave length. I grow hydroponically on a small scale. I control the seasons, wave length is very important in triggering the fruiting stage. I use halides for spring and summer and add a sodium for fall and winter. Just my 2 cents.
Could u help me I have a cimbidium and the leaves look burned and the new growths born my orchid die look like very wet but isnt.
Unfortunately with the info provided I would only be guessing. :(
look better now still is alive, thanks
How do you heat your greenhouse in the winter?
BRAD soft canes need to rest over winter watering once a week or two weeksis all they need , they flower early mid winter, water every two days in summer , every day if its hot, they like a lot of light all year round, im in Brisbane Australia and grow a few soft canes, to much water or fertaliza over the colder months will end with a lot of kikis or lost of plant due to rot, what you did was right though i would give them as much light over winter i could,
I just got a Dendrobium Frosty Dawn from my local orchid society , I was wondering if you have heard about them or have grown them Brad ...Im stumped is it a Nobile or Phal Type ?
If I keep them outside until the first frost can i bring them in the house after that? We don't heat our greenhouse in the winter and we usually keep our house in the low 70s.
Hi, I am repotting an Onc.Tsiku Marguerite HCF#1 orchid with lots of roots. Would it be a problem, if I planted it in a larger container, 4" to a 6"? I like the idea to repot in larger pots...Thanks!
Hello brad, thankyou for a great video. I havea a very small plant and I thought it was dead but in fact it has grown lots of kikis (I don't know how to spell that as I hadn't heard of them before) and also it now has thin wiry root like shoots with a tiny bulbous end shooting out from different points up the 'stalk'. What are these and should I chop off the kikis? Boo