Help Me I Am Clueless!!!!!

[Gin]

Hi , Here are some of the things that can cause bud blast . Extreme temperature shift , fruit ripening or over ripe near the plant ,( methane gas ). Bug pests on the plant . The thing that concerns me is the ceremic pot ,is it one of the slick glazed pots or a red clay type ?Cerimic glazed pots don't let air to the roots a plant stays wet for to long in one of them . Did you check to see if it has a hole in the bottom ? Dends. like to dry before being watered again . I am sure others can add to this , Sorry about your bud problem .I have had that happen and never found out why . Gin

[TundraKev]

I agree with Gin on all she mentioned. Just another thought - Is it in an air conditioned room? Could cooled air be blowing on it or near it? That could also make buds blast.

[LJA]

Not *enough* water during bud development can also cause bud blast. Dendrobiums can be tricky--as Gin said, they like drying off between waterings, but it's a really fine line between drying *off* and drying *out.* You've got new growth coming up so the plant sounds healthy enough--and sometimes, with Dends especially I've noticed, buds will blast for absolutely no good reason at all.