Dendrochilum Tenellum

[Rudy]

This is the last one of my dendrochilums into bloom. Will have to wait for another 6 months or so before it will start all over again.

[cindiras]

Each little flower looks like the frost fairys have painted it!

[Cjcorner]

I've been looking at these online...they look so cool in bloom. I hear they smell good too!

[Orchidzrule]

Rudy, that is a magnificent specimen!

Cheers,
Rob

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Rudy, that is a magnificent specimen!

Cheers,
Rob

I agree! WOW!

Cheers,
BD

[walingwaling]

oh, lovely plant!

[delphiguy]

oh this is beautiful.... another one for my wish list.

[pavel]

Nice! How big is the plant?

[orcoholic]

I've had a couple of these for maybe 4 years and can't get them to bloom. WHat's your secrets. Yours is a beauty.

[Rudy]

Dear All,

Many thanks for your appreciation. I also think it's a beauty. Very delicate.

Herewith some answers to the questions asked :

- the plant is about 40 centimers wide and 30 cm high (now you can start converting into feet and inches...);
- the individual flowers are extremely small (about 1-2 millimeters)
- unfortunately the flowers do not smell;
- don't know about the secret of getting it to bloom, I kept the plant in the coolest part of our otherwise relatively warm veranda and moved it onto the much warmer windowsill in the kitchen when I noticed the infloresence kept stalling for while. I spray it twice a day, water once a week and apply fertilizer every two weeks from March to November .