My plants won't bloom /in missouri.

[phillipinmissouri]

Greetings all.
I have been a member here for a while now but have not been able to get online much to see how much this site has changed.
I have a small collection of orchids; mostly phals; but U have one dendi and a paph which I bought from the orchid curator at the san diego wild animal park.
My dendi has grown 3 new canes but no blooms.Its roots adn colour and texture seem good just no blooms.This plant seems so healthy that whne it does bloom I expect to see at least two stalks.
Now my paph i purchased with a wilted bloomstalk and a plant bud.Since the bud has grown at least 8 large healthy well coloured leaves.It has a small root system but the plant seems well enough.It is at least 2 years old and also has not bloomed yet.
Any advice people?
phil

[Tarad]

Hello!
I guess my first question would be ..where do you have the plants? Inside outside and what sun exposure are they getting. You'll get many more questions lol. Tara

[kmarch]

Do either of them have a name? Different dens and paphs behave slightly differently and need slightly different conditions to flower. If they don't have tags could you possibly post a pic of them?

[LouisW]

Yes pictures and a description of your growing environment would be very helpful. Please include light, watering habits, humidity, temerature, outdoor/indoor, natural light/artificial.

[PhalPal]

If your Phals are otherwise healthy and growing other orchid parts like roots and leaves, you probably have one or both of the following problems:

-Not enough light ....and/or.....
-Lack of a temperature drop of 10-15 degrees in the fall to set flower spikes

More info on your growing conditions will help greatly!

[brookn]

Hi Phil! I live about an hour's drive from you, but I spent most of my childhood in Spfld. It would help to know what kind of Dend. you have. I will tell you of the issues that I have with my Dends in the fall. About the time they start to set spikes, the temperature drops to the point that I have to bring them in the house. If I do not keep the light level high for them, I get less blooms, or an aborted inflorescence. I prefer to summer them outside, they like the light, the fresh air, and the rainwater. It also in my opinion, toughens them up a bit lol.

As for your Phals, what Phalpal said is true, not enough light, or temperature drop. I like to leave the window open on cool evenings to help change the temp to signal them to bloom.