Very nice view.

They make me smile! Most perfect 2 tone yellow...

You are going to have a great show. Hopefully my little Dendrobium Ueang Pheung will grow up to be like your aggregatum.

Aaaawwww, so nice! I've yet to coax a spike out of my agg.

Hot, and dry!

It is mounted on a small piece of wood and I forget about it. I rarely water or fertilize it. It grows outside and gets rain whenever we are blessed with a bit.

Jane

Hot and dry?? I am so glad you mentioned that you grow yours dry and hot. I am so use to providing a winter chill that I just lumped this one in with all of the others. I will have to remember this next year.

Darlene, I do not water it at all all winter. But it does get rained on although Florida is very dry over winter. It does get the cool down because its outdoors. I do check to see if the bulbs are getting wrinkled and might give them a sip.

I've had these before and some can be difficult to bloom. This one seems to like being ignored.

Jane

Hot and dry - Sounds like California.
Jane_ny, Thanks for your experience. Does yours get full sun (over 5-6 hours) all year?

Yes but I grow it mounted inside my screened patio. Not sure how much screening affects light. I have no shade cloth. This part of the patio faces south. Very hot and sunny. I do begin watering when I see buds developing. No fertilizer until after the flowers are gone. I do not water at all in winter.

Thanks Jane!

Gorgeous

This shape, big skirt smaller sepals, one of my favorites, is adorable.

I have a tiny spike on my Dendrobium Ueang Pheung. I think yours inspired it. Yours definitely inspired me.

It has a citrus smell, lemon. The flowers are like tissue paper and do not last long, maybe a week.

Jane

Hi Jane, I just bought one at the Long Island Orchid Show and was researching how to care for it. Any advice would be helpful! Obviously, I live on Long Island :)

Luv, I'm live in Florida now.

It is much easier to get them to bloom here because they are outdoors where the humidity is very high with hot temps.

I tried once to grow one in NY and never got it to bloom.

That doesn't mean its impossible.

They need to go dry around Thanksgiving. I do not water, however the plants grow outside and we get occasional rain. The temperature drops for a few months and average 70's day, 60's nights.

They need this dry rest and the drop in temps. You can do this in NY, but you need high light over the fall and winter. Possibly lights would work.

Good luck and please keep us updated!

Jane