Dendrobium speciosum

[tomp]

Here is my first speciosum to flower this year. I know it is no great shakes for our Australian friends but I love them.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

That's a whopper!

 

[Ozpaph]

Id be VERY proud of that!

 

[tomp]

Id be VERY proud of that!

Thank you Ozpaph! I am quite pleased with this plant.

 

[NYEric]

I love the fragrance. They get gigantic sized. I have no good luck with them in a NYC apartment. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TyroneGenade]

That is really impressive. I wish I had the space for these.

Does anyone out there by chance have of the smaller blackdownense subspecies?

 

[tomp]

I love the fragrance. They get gigantic sized. I have no good luck with them in a NYC apartment. Thanks for sharing.

Yes Eric, gigantic is an appropriate term. This is v. pedunculatum which is said to be a dwarf variety. dwarf is, of course, a relitive term with respect to speciosum. This plant is approximately 24 inches in diameter however the spikes add another 16 inches per side.
the variety speciosum can grow to the size of a small car.

 

[Ozpaph]

what are the parents - its a very good white

 

[Ozpaph]

They do get big.

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Beautiful flowers and great plant. Any hints on how to get this flower, mine seems to only put out a very small flush of flowers.

 

[Djthomp28]

These are stunning!

 

[tomp]

I found Gerry Walsh’s website ( therocklilyman) to be VERY informative. He has a great sense of humor also.

TheRockLilyMan – You've found the home page of Gerry Walsh

 

[tomp]

what are the parents - its a very good white

Sorry I don’t have that info. I was given a small division in 2010 and my source, who was a great Cymbidium grower, was less careful with his labels on other genera.

 

[tomp]

Beautiful flowers and great plant. Any hints on how to get this flower, mine seems to only put out a very small flush of flowers.

Bob
they tend to take off more as they mature. Enough light? See my reference to therocklilyman above. I found his info helpful.

 

[BrucherT]

Here is my first speciosum to flower this year. I know it is no great shakes for our Australian friends but I love them.

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Incredible. How do you grow it? I call it great shakes anywhere!

 

[tomp]

They don’t need a lot of attention. They can be difficult to repot due to size so I use a free draining mix with mostly inorganic like pumice and if roots ok just pot-up to just shy of unmanageable. They like light, mine could use more in our winter. My GH is unseated so temps down to 42F. Good air movement. If I had a minimally protected outdoor area I might grow it there.

 

[Ozpaph]

they grow in very sun exposed areas - lots of light