Den. Cathy Beck

[articuno75]

Den Cathy Beck hasn't done anything yet. It seems like it's still wondering around not knowing what to do. Cute little booger. Still don't know what I'm going to do with this one except to keep it in the pot that it's already in. I added some of the worm castings to the top of the medium and I mist with worm tea every other day.

[PhalPal]

Jenny my entire plant is smaller than your smallest pseudobulb with the two leaves. It is swallowed in it's tiny pot. It's going to be a few years before I can compare to any of the others.

[patlee]

If positive thoughts (and a little worm tea) count for anything, mine will take off soon. I plan on putting it in a vanda basket when it gets a little bigger and then it can spend the summer outside. It should have at least three other Tolumnias for playmates--not to mention a whole gang of phal pals

[articuno75]

Originally Posted by PhalPal

Jenny my entire plant is smaller than your smallest pseudobulb with the two leaves. It is swallowed in it's tiny pot. It's going to be a few years before I can compare to any of the others.

Do you have a pic of it posted yet?

[PhalPal]

Here are a few arrival shots of my Dend Cathy Beck. For size comparison it is in a 1 1/4 " pot. Please don't think I am complaining here! I am thrilled to have her just as is and more than appreciative of what Jerry has done for all of us. It will be good for the project to see just how fast a Dend of this size will grow and catch up with the others. It does have an old spike between it's two little leaves so it certainly is mature, just small. I'm thinking of putting her in S/H in the interest of true orchid science.

[articuno75]

Connie it's sooo cute! Look at it, just standing there tall and proud

[PhalPal]

I guess thats one polite way of looking at it!

[Sharyn]

Connie: Mine was also quite small like yours, probably the same size. It had a tiny little dried up spike too. Of course, you know mine didn't hold up well in the frisbee fiasco. At least yours looks healthy. Dens grow pretty fast, but it takes a great deal of my patience to start with something so small. Hope you have good luck with yours.

Jenny: Your plant looks great.

[articuno75]

I should have gave a better title to this thread. Oh well. Last night I repotted my Den. I had to cause after the hair toss, it lost a wee bit of medium and just wasn't stable in the pot. Also I noticed it had little white flies buzzing around it like vultures.......

So.....with Brookn's Recipe, I gave it a good,,,,,sudzy,,,,,cinnamony bath Now it's in a 2 1/2" clay home.

No new psbulbs to speak of, but a lot of new roots growing.

Medium is the same as it came, except I added more and a little bit more perlite. I also added some worm castings that Jerry gave me.

[patticake]

It looks good, Jenny! I think it'll be just fine after it's little hair toss!

[palito]

Originally Posted by PhalPal

Here are a few arrival shots of my Dend Cathy Beck. For size comparison it is in a 1 1/4 " pot. Please don't think I am complaining here! I am thrilled to have her just as is and more than appreciative of what Jerry has done for all of us. It will be good for the project to see just how fast a Dend of this size will grow and catch up with the others. It does have an old spike between it's two little leaves so it certainly is mature, just small. I'm thinking of putting her in S/H in the interest of true orchid science.

I moved my Cathy Beck to S/H yesterday. We'll see how it goes. I assume this is a warm growing dendrobium that needs no rest period, so in theory it should adapt to it quickly... I hope ...

[articuno75]

It looks really good and got a little bigger. I placed it closer to the windowsill and she basks in the sun. I think she likes it. Been there for over a week now. I worm tea mist every other day.

[articuno75]

The one month update. I think I'm going to start yelling at it to grow.

[articuno75]

I think the screaming therapy has worked! Check out the roots on this puppy

The biggest Psbulb is starting to shrivel a bit, but the root is starting to grow out of the pot!!!

[articuno75]

She's got new monsterous roots!

She's got a new growth!!!

NO SPIKE ?!

Where's the Staples Easy Button when you need it? LOL

I've been doing the same thing as always except for the past month I added more Superthrive to the diet.

[rodbender]

Hang in there Jenny the spike will come. After reading your post I had to go look at mine and it is just starting a spike.

[patticake]

When I went away 2 weeks ago, mine had the one new growth, and some new roots. When I came back it had a big spike!!! The spike is on the new growth. I thought Dens flowered off the old growth.- You can tell I'm not used to Dens at all! It should be any time, now. I used a little better gro bloom booster in my water before I left. (less than 1/4 tsp.) I don't know if that had anything to do with it, or if it was just her "time"-
Yours looks like it's on it's way!

[Leisurely]

Looking good Jenny. Your plant should bloom on both the mature cane/pbulb and the new one that it has just started growing.

[kid a]

Jenny, it looks like it's doing good! I'm wondering if mine will bloom again on the new growth it has. I bet yours does soon! If only the easy button worked, lol! They actually sell them at the Staples by my work, lol!

[articuno75]

The new growth has almost fully grown.

Now there is a new one popping up!

Still no sign of a spike.....Poot.

[patticake]

Wow...It looks really healthy! I'll bet it shoots out some spikes, soon. Mine started a new growth just before it spiked. The blooms are still on it, and the new growth is getting big. I'll bet any time!!

[articuno75]

Woo Hoo! It looks like a spike!

[brookn]

Whoo hoo!!

[articuno75]

Well it wasn't ever a spike. But I can say I got growth (two of them. )

I beg and plead for it to bloom and this is what I get. Can't complain.

[jerrymeola]

Your new growth is right on time. We bought these orchids in April last year smaller than your new growths. My control plants had a couple in flower in July-Aug but they did not flower strongly until September.

I have only one flower stem on the 30 plants I still have. Now in about 8 weeks everything will go wild again.

[kid a]

Well that's good news Jerry! Maybe mine will flower for me too! I just kicked it outside but it has been in the 90's all week lol. It looks little nubs between the top most leaves.