If you follow us on Instagram (@plant_parenthood_ig), we chronicled the blooms of our first Dendrobium Nobile, the Dendrobium Oriental Smile Fantasy. We got this orchid in 2017 as a little baby. It first bloomed last year with about 2 buds. This year we have 6!
It lives in the sunniest location in our house. We water it when it’s about to dry or when dry. Starting in the late fall of last year, we only watered it when we saw the canes start to shrivel a little.
This orchid is in full bloom with only 6 flowers, but we totally love its colors. We can’t wait to grow this one into a specimen. It’s very young, but we can only imagine how it’ll look when there are blooms all up and down multiple canes.
Please comment on how you care for your nobiles. We would love to learn any tricks.