Orchid - Dendrobium Kuniko

Orchid - Den. Kuniko

                                    
   ID#616
 
 

This plant came mounted on a piece of bark with a hanging hook and flowering.

Den. Kuniko which is goldschmidtianum (miyaki) x victoria-reginae.


Once the canes mature and usually before or at flowering they start dropping leaves and never regrow them on the mature canes.The leaves drop off in their second year.

Plant flowers from alternating nodes on the leafless canes.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: mounted in bark PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Deciduous GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: filtered light, only. Medium light.  Morning sun, shade in the afternoon. WATER: it needs a good watering twice a week in the winter and every other day in the spring and summer when it's growing strongly . Start the heavy watering not until it starts new growth.  SOIL: Pot in coarse chunks of fir or redwood bark and/or hardwood charcoal
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: flowers...... FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: deciduous dendrobium that doesn't like to be dry for long periods. Usually grow new growths rapidly.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch This plant, along with 24 others where given to me by my neighbor, the previous owners “The Cochran’s” which I never met moved out of town and no longer could care for them. About half of the Collection still had plant name/description and sometimes nursery of origin. Very helpful information to guide me into their care. So my education begins..... -Plant enjoys afternoon sun and plenty of moisture during the growing season. -Canes drop leaves in winter 2011. Old canes flower only once. -Waiting for new growth the start daily watering... August 1, 2012: plant has not improved so I removed from cork slab, cleaned roots, trim dead stems and potted in 4” clay with Orchid bark. -Jan 2014: plant no longer.
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Additional Information: Adopted from Hank & Betsy Cochran Collection.

  1. *Plant came unidentify, with the help of Paul from: “The Orchid Trail”, Morrisville, NC, I’m able to know it’s name.

March. 2011

04/2012

January 2014