I love D. nobile. I got mine as a gift keiki about 12 years ago, and it's been tough as nails and a faithful bloomer. Definitely one of the easiest and toughest orchids I've ever had.

Brad, Looks like you have found the solution to getting them to bloom. I have great success with nobile types. I'm in Orlando, FL and feel that cold weather is most necessary to set the bloom. I only bring mine inside when the temperature is going to be below 50* F. High light level and root bound in small pots is also necessary. Good luck !

Loved the tale of two Dendrobiums. ;) I have two and I'm going to do exactly what you do with the outside one.

hi, because of you putting yours outside I did also. I live in the UK and hosed the Dendrobium each time I watered the other plants, roughly every other day. We had a hot (32c) temps this year. The flowers had dropped off since buying it in May. Now though, in July there are signs of new blooms at the top of the leafed up cane and a back older bare cane. So, thank you :)

Thank you for your help. This is my first time growing Dendrobium It was bought for me in bloom but so far no regrowth. I will put it out next year .. but for a shorter time .. England is known for long hot summers. Thank you again. I found your vidio very interesting.

That compare and contrast review was really helpful! Thank you!

You are still helping people. I am going to ease mine outside for cooler summer nights and sun. Will bring inside in the fall and dry. Should be about right around here. Thank you!

At last I’ve found a helpful D orchid video on you tube, comparing the 2 really helped me see what you mean, thank you

From what I’ve seen on KZfaq, the Dendrobium Kane’s , all hang down & the blooms are beautiful !

Thanks for the great tip. It's almost February and I have buds.

Great comparison Brad! yep, really think the trick is that winter cold period to get some blooms on them. Thanks for sharing!

I have had great success blooming them, but not luck keeping them alive. I keep them outside from early spring until threat of frost in the fall and within 6 weeks of coming inside I have flowers. Thanks for this vid, it really helps.

Great informative comparison!

Great video. Always so educational to see an experimental comparison like this. I am cramped for space but have been considering purchasing a nobile. Thus video has really helped me decide. Thanks loads.

Got some more dendros today and figured id check out some of your older vids Brad. This was awesome. Loved all the info!! Keep up the good work as always!

This video is so helpful. I’m taking care of one of these for my mother in law and sadly I cut the stems thinking it would help the other stems re-bloom. Hopefully I can get some blooms in the spring of 2018.

Great I love orchids 👍

Cant wait to see the blooms Brad they look great!

Hi Brad, I grow Dendrobium Nobile orchids in tropical North Queensland Australia. They flower profusely and have many stems. They love lots of light but not full sun even too much morning sun can hold off flowering, they love humidity and need to be watered just after drying out. They flower on the same stem so i pretty much leave them alone.

Perfect Garden, good video, thanks!

Great information! I had limited success with my D. Mobile until I gave them high light all year and dry in winter. I’ll give them cool temps. longer this year and maybe I’ll have even more success. Also, D. Lodiggesii seemed to like the same conditions. Thanks so much for all your info

i'm stoked i put my nobile outside, it has buds : ) ... thanks for showing us the difference in growth between the two brothers.

Great advise thanks

Awesome video Brad! Loved the explanation on the 2 techniques you tried with these Dens. Can't wait to see the one in full bloom. Iit will be stunning!

I guess you should put the one out with his brother so he can bloom next year! I bet the two together will have spectacular blooms!

Thank you for sharing this. It's always been a challenge to rebloom the Nobile types.

Very informative!

Another great video. Thanks for the information.

Good sharing

Nice video, nice explanation.

Great video. What a drastic difference the location makes. I'm new to nobiles and so far it's going good. At the moment I don't have the ability to put mine outside but I'm getting good growth on my 1st nobile - when it bloomed the blooms didn't last as long as I'd like because of the shock of the environment changes but now it's growing 2 new canes so i'm happy.

Very VERY helpful video, thanks!

Thanks dude. Mine has not flowered since the flowers it had when I bought it died off. Got a few keikis on it, I've just removed 2 and repotted them. Next year, I'll put it outside.

Very helpful 👍

Looking forward to it's blooms

Thanks Need for all your help.

Going to stick my nobly outside after the last frost here in California. Hopefully I'll have some luck next year with some blooming🌸 thanks for the knowledge🌱

Dear Brad, try droping their temperature by putting icepack for the night and removing in the morning. Works likea magic! Water right the way when you see new growth.

very nice story.. favorite video of the year so far

I first watched this video some time last year. I had received a dendrobium nobile as a gift and it had loads of blooms, but how do get it to bloom again? After seeing your video, I took it to a south facing bedroom that is unobstructed by trees or bushes. I did fertilize and water it, and I now have three big flowers on one stalk and several more stalks developing with at least two buds on each. I did occasionally have a window slightly open recently (March); it’s placed near a radiator, but the temperature is turned down a bit at night. Somehow it all worked and I hope we can do a little better this coming year. Just wanted to say thank you for your experiment.

Thank u for the valuable information. on nobile the leaves are shiny green supple was feeling happy about it. no looms. now I understood the fault is in adequate sun willcorrect it. thank u.

My two dens are outside in bright shade year round here in California. They are a couple years old. Got fr Trader Joe's. This year I got 3 blossoms and a keki. Info here is very helpful. Didn't know they needed that much water. My canes are pretty good but they go every which way. I have to learn how to stake them early I guess.

Very interesting!

Great video, Brad! Coincidently, the "Orchids" magazine published by the AOS has an article this month on temperature requirements for many genera including Dendrobiums broken down by sections. I find that I worry about the plants that need temperatures near freezing but the plants seem to do very well. It is surprising how many orchids can really endure temperatures down to freezing and even below. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Brad, thanks so much for this video. It helps me to know what to do with mine. I don't think mine get enough light. I will be remedying that soon. Hopefully, mine will put on some bloom spike. This was very interesting. Well done.

I have a rather large one , about 4ft, it is outside in the sun and absolutely covered in blossom just before Xmas.I just water and give it a bit of thrive now and then, I'm waiting for the keikis to come so I can start more.

I can here rain but it’s nice not to loud

Brad, I love your channel. Thanks for all the detailed information you provide. I have a Dendrobium. It bloomed once only one spike and a few blossoms. I recently tried it in full water culture. I want to see if there is any benefit to that. Have you ever done full water culture? Do you have any wisdom to share with us on the whole subject of full water culture? Gosh, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!

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Hello.I'm a new fan :) I wish you could come to Singapore.we are known for orchids.I just went to a huge farm this morning and brought 3.your videos are really great.it's nice of you to make these.I like that you mentioned dark green means it isn't getting enough Sun.one of my orchid I bright from a store on impulse has it.now they are all outside in the sun.I hope to understand more on keiki.I'm stressed out about the watering part.I was told that worry about giving more water rather than giving less.

Hello brad, thankyou for a great video. I havea a very small plant and I thought it was dead but in fact it has grown lots of kikis (I don't know how to spell that as I hadn't heard of them before) and also it now has thin wiry root like shoots with a tiny bulbous end shooting out from different points up the 'stalk'. What are these and should I chop off the kikis? Boo

The nobile type Dendrobiums are very easy to bloom. You are just hitting on what is needed. I grow all of mine in 100% full sunlight all year long, even down here in the south Florida sun. In the spring, if they need repotting, do so. Pot in sphagnum moss in a plastic pot, but do not use a pot that is too big, mix in a little Nutricote or Dynamite 13-13-13 time released fertilizer, do not use Osmocote. When the new growths are big enough and have new roots growing water daily, yes daily, the mix will be dry by the next day. Nobile types come from areas of monsoonal rains and love the extra water while growing, just make sure that they get plenty of air circulation and movement. You can fertilize with a balanced 20-20-20 liquid fertilizer diluted and used weekly during the growing season until August, no later than that. Keep watering after you stop fertilizing in August until the new growth matures. When the new growth matures, usually October to Dec., stop watering completely and do not water until plants start blooming, unless the cane starts to shrivel, then water very sparingly. Best of luck. If you want more information on growing Dendrobium nobile, or Dendrobium species, feel free to join the Dendrobium species group on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/161594227359847/

I put my dendrobium outside in the Vancouver BC winter for 3 months..it is totally neglected;. when i take it back inside in February or March it blooms nicely.

This is a Fantastic video Brad. it was great to see a comparison between the 2. I want to try growing one of these now :) I'm up for the challenge.

I have found out by experience that they like more water than some. Very rainy seasons seem to be the key for mine to bloom. This year one of my dendrobiums has 2 spikes coming out of the same shoot. This has never happened for me before so I'm very excited to see them bloom here in another month.

Grow them in lava rock mixed with river rocks, should grow very well in greenhouse conditions.

Brad: Many thanks! I tried your method with a D. Nobile (2 plants together) that had no flowers for 4 years. Something AMAZING! It’s flowering right now, out of season! The buds appeared in August, on last year’s canes. It was grown outside in full sun, not letting it dry out completely, & feeding once a week. It also grew new canes that are tall, plump, & beautifully yellow. Plus I have a D. Loggidessi that has produced a bud on an old cane & is flowering now (10/02). Have you heard of this happening? How do I treat the nobile? It has buds about to open, three more flower stalks barely started, & 2 new canes with no buds. The plant is currently outside in upstate New York, temps from 60 F. - 40 F., & drying out before getting water. Do I bring it inside & keep it cold & dry, or will I lose the winter/spring flowers on new canes if I bring it inside?

very interesting video, thanks for sharing. I have two dendrobiums that were given to me and am trying to learn how to care for them so that they will bloom. I live in Massachusetts and do not have a greenhouse. They are kept in the house year round. I will try putting one out this spring and hope that I can keep it alive.

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Hi Brad I have a question for you. I am thinking about changing the pot of the orchid. Should I use Orchid mix or moss or regular soil? Thank You Have A Nice Day

Hi Brad can you pls do a video on growing orchid outdoors once the temperature in BC is warmer? "Spring" in California starts in February and I would love to know how to give my cattleya, oncidium, and a couple other orchids maximum sunlight without burning them. Thanks!

VERY INTERESTING VIDEO, HOPE YOU GET PRETTY BLOOMS SOON.

I'm going to try this, mine has not bloomed since I got it about a year.

If I keep them outside until the first frost can i bring them in the house after that? We don't heat our greenhouse in the winter and we usually keep our house in the low 70s.

Hi brad .can you please tell me which potting mix shall i use if i need to plant my Dendrobium .

Yes, I didn't get flowers this year on my dendrobium nobile. It was in a spare room with a lot of sunshine and temperatures went down to 50°F, but that wasn't enough and I watered it😅I have studied 4 nobiles that hang on a fence on a narrow road close to my workplace where in winter it gets down to 21.2°F, yep, that cold and the canes droop in places as frost sometimes can reach them. It even snows occasionally. The days are sunny and freezes at night. Then comes Spring and they recover and get some lighw Spring showers. By May they are blooming. So nobile can take a lot colder than we think, although this is a Winter in Japan where I live. Summers bring the monsoon and August brings harsh sunshine and high temperatures into the 90s. This week it hit 102.2°F

Hello Brad :) I was wondering. I had to leave my Dendrobium Nobile with my sister. The two main canes are still green, but they are incredibly shrivelled and dehydrated. Is there a way to replenish them to their former plump selves, or will they never be as lovely as they used to?

Could you make a video on the Holc. subulifolium, there isn’t many video about this orchid. 🙂

On my dendobrium nobile is it three small plants with roots growing on the mane stem. What should I do with them?

I get them blooming outdoors on a North North East balcony and indeed with low temperatures

I have that orchid and it gives me tons of orchids in the summer. I'm in zone 9 florida and so it its plenty of moisture. But this year I've had green bulbs come out after a flower drops off. Do you know what it is? And what do I do with it?

Hi, I am repotting an Onc.Tsiku Marguerite HCF#1 orchid with lots of roots. Would it be a problem, if I planted it in a larger container, 4" to a 6"? I like the idea to repot in larger pots...Thanks!

@BradsGreenhouse & Gardening Please when to start watering the Dendrobium again?

I'm struggling with the potting mix. I used the plain orchiata but the plant seems to grow very slow. Do I need to fix the plant so it could not move? Thanks

I just got the Memory Fizz and my question is after the flowers bloomed where do I cut after they bloomed?

You have a great channel! Tons of good info! And I am envious of your greenhouse. Just a side note keiki is pronounced 'kay-kee'. Mahalo!

I have one of these plants but on the main stem I have what look like new little plants growing towards the top. Advise on these please. Can I repot these?

My two dens only had two blooms on the tip of the canes, not on the sides. Have had them for a couple of years but the canes aren't nearly as big and plump. I guess I will do the winter rest. Never did that.plus will read more on their care. I keep my orchids outdoors in bright shade in California

Nice video, I have some sort of dendrobium that was given me as a gift, and it has never bloomed in my hands (It arrived with gorgeous magenta flowers). I totally abused it - it had come in sphagnum moss in a container with no holes. I underwatered, I overwatered, gave it nasty root rot. So I got a well draining pot and some bark type orchid medium (And some orchid fertilizer) and I brought it back from the brink, but I am not doing the right things to help it bloom, so this was very helpful. I see you are in BC - I am in Wisconsin, further south, but quite a bit colder in winter. I think I would like to get my orchid out into the sun during the summer. How much cold can these tolerate? How much heat/direct sun? Do I need to move it out gradually to avoid sunscald? It can be humid here in summer, but the orchid would be hanging on the south side of the house. Is fluorescent light sufficient in winter? The house is very dry in winter, so I have been watering regularly, though in winter I moved it to my bedroom which has terrible light exposure but is cooler (68-72 F). Thanks for the tips!

Very good video! Question... Do you fertilize the dendrobium during the winter as often as during spring and summer?

BRAD soft canes need to rest over winter watering once a week or two weeksis all they need , they flower early mid winter, water every two days in summer , every day if its hot, they like a lot of light all year round, im in Brisbane Australia and grow a few soft canes, to much water or fertaliza over the colder months will end with a lot of kikis or lost of plant due to rot, what you did was right though i would give them as much light over winter i could,

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What does it mean if the leaves on one of the canes (the first to have its flowers dry up and end up with an empty flower stem) are going, and have gone, completely yellow? I don't feel like I've watered much as i know they can rot. Thanks!

Also, could you do a video about how you create your own hanging baskets? thanks#

Hi Brad. I have a small but hugely bushy Den nobile that I got on the ACE hardware sale table for $8 (half dead then). It has gotten so thick because I didn't know not to stop the water in the winter. My question is, it's so thick with leaves on the canes, I wonder if I should split it or IF I potted it in a bigger pot, would it spread out? I can't see how it would be attractive if it bloomed next spring with so many canes bunched together. It has leaves on all canes. I can barely see the media or the roots. Thanks, Ellen in Atlantic Beach, FL

Very nice! I have a dendrobium noid which is not too healthy. Not sure whats wrong. It had one big cane when I got it, after it was done blooming & the leaves fell off, nothing happened for the longest time. This spring it had 5 new growths, two of those got to 3 or 4 inches and suddently they stopped growing, about 2 months ago now. Then a few growths turned mushy and just fell off.. I let it dry out real well and repotted it a few days ago, disinfected the roots while i did that. (the roots feel firm, they're kind of a light brown color. Is that ok?) The three remaining growths are just sitting there, not getting bigger. Two of them are just 1 in or so, the third one is more like 3 inches but the leaves on it are getting brown.. Any advice?

Brad can i use miracle grow fertilizer for tomato also for orchids flowers ?

I think they grow will in Thailand so the environment so important

Do you leave the Kiki s on , I have 6 dendrobium noble ,I’m so excited as I now have one that is spiking blooms .

How do you heat your greenhouse in the winter?

Brad, I have a large Den with many, many bulbs and 2 kiki's. It is my first Den and I have no idea how to care for it ... it's "December". I've read conflicting information. Do continue to water and fertilize since it's in bud? Help, please!

Ok thanks

Brad, I'm losing leaves on my nobile. What's going on? Will it regrow the leaves?

I just got a send. Not from Lows. It is covered with blooms. Should I water or not? It is off cycle

+BradsGreenhouse How do you keep the light fixtures you have all over your greenhouse from getting wet? I want to do something similar in mine I just worry bout water.

HI BRAD i bght my 1st nobile today noticed when i took her out of plasic (kind they put on when u buy them) the leaves felt softer than my phal den it is in full bloom with over 35 flowers has 2 new keiki on her also 2 new canes about 8 inches she looks healty other than the leaves should i worry.....thnks

hi brad i'm in australia our seasons are opposite to yours my nobile's are only about 12" or 30cm tall ive had them for about 4 months all through summer and a couple look like they may have set flower spikes unsure yet as they are a bit small but they are in the right place on the cane is there a minimum age or size these orchid have to be to flower

hi at what point do you start back watering? thank you Wayne

I just got a Dendrobium Frosty Dawn from my local orchid society , I was wondering if you have heard about them or have grown them Brad ...Im stumped is it a Nobile or Phal Type ?

Hi mine on the end of one of the Keynes has grown like white long, roots. What are these do I cut these off. Please.