Unknown new growth on Dendrobium Victoria Reginae

[Cearbhael]

My Dendrobium has started a new growth…at the bottom of the newest pseudo pod. It “looks” like a new root for a phalenopsis, but we are talking Dendrobium with thin white roots. It has flowered already in May-Jun and winter is arriving in a couple of months…is this the start of a new pseudo pod? It seems to me that should rise out of media?? Any help here is welcome!

 

[big923cattleya]

Pseudobulbs, not pods.
To me it looks like the beginning of a new bulb. Little vegetative growths can pop up almost anywhere on this type of Dendrobium.
It could even form its own roots later on.

 

[Cearbhael]

Pseudobulbs, not pods.
To me it looks like the beginning of a new bulb. Little vegetative growths can pop up almost anywhere on this type of Dendrobium.
It could even form its own roots later on.

Hmmm, should I build up the media so it can set roots?? I would love to give it all the support it needs to grow strong and produce more blooms! It currently has 4 pseudo bulbs, all hail and healthy!

 

[Cearbhael]

Pseudobulbs, not pods.
To me it looks like the beginning of a new bulb. Little vegetative growths can pop up almost anywhere on this type of Dendrobium.
It could even form its own

 

[Cearbhael]

Pseudobulbs, not pods.
To me it looks like the beginning of a new bulb. Little vegetative growths can pop up almost anywhere on this type of Dendrobium.
It could even form its own roots later on.

Sorry, I know that…brain fart here!

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Personally, I wouldn't build up the medium. The root will find its way into the substrate with no problem.

 

[big923cattleya]

Brain farts, brain cramps, I know about them!

 

[big923cattleya]

No! Don’t build up the media. That could endanger the health of the plant. It will gain all its strength from the plant that is there.

Are those flowers from your Dendrobium Victoria-reginae? Because if they are, they are not from Victoria-reginae. Those flowers are from a Dendrobium phalaenopsis of some type.
Reginae has more slender pseudobulbs, thinner lanceolate leaves and flowers are 1/2-3/4”. They do not open fully.

 

[Cearbhael]

No! Don’t build up the media. That could endanger the health of the plant. It will gain all its strength from the plant that is there.

Are those flowers from your Dendrobium Victoria-reginae? Because if they are, they are not from Victoria-reginae. Those flowers are from a Dendrobium phalaenopsis of some type.
Reginae has more slender pseudobulbs, thinner lanceolate leaves and flowers are 1/2-3/4”. They do not open fully.

Hmmm …Someone screwed up when they tagged it! Well, I am clueless what hybrid it is!

 

[big923cattleya]

Well obviously you are correct. But it would be nearly impossible to say exactly when that happened. We would like to say the grower is at fault or the vendor, but that might not be the case.
Having worked at shows for vendor friends of mine, if I had a dime for every tag that we found during the show in the wrong pot, I would be a lot richer today. People pick up a plant, pull a label to read and forget to put it back. Then do they find the right pot to put it in? Who can say. It happens.
Not so much a screw up but just an innocent mistake.

 

[Cearbhael]

Pseudobulbs, not pods.
To me it looks like the beginning of a new bulb. Little vegetative growths can pop up almost anywhere on this type of Dendrobium.
It could even form its own roots later on.

I have another question about the new growth! In the last couple days we have found 2 more! One on the same pseudo bulb and another on an older bulb. So, can they all grow into full pseudo bulbs or will the plant put it’s energy into just one??