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all those keikis are a result of high levels of Nitrogen fertilizer, although, Nobiles tend to produce a lot of keikis.
No fertilizer is from August until blooms finish in April May.
My recommendation for watering (even though books recommend that you stop) comes from Koichi the head gardener at Yamamoto Dendrobiums. They produce the most beautiful Nobiles.
I buy several hundred from him every year and with almost daily watering (our winter is very dry) 90% of the non-flowering plants, I got from him in October, flowered the same season.
There is lots more information if you search on this sight, but the summary is they like a lot of light (full sun all day in Hawaii year round), lose all their leaves almost every year, flower best on bare canes, and are utterly beautiful.
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