What is the difference between hard & soft cane Dendrobium orchids? Let's look at two of mine & see!

Yes plant lovers - I never REALLY got the difference between hard & soft cane Dendrobiums and why it was important...but now I do! The easiest way to tell them apart is by the flowering habit so let's look at two of mine: Dendrobium Euryalus, a soft cane, and Dendrobium Red Ballerina ‘Macquarie’, a hard can example. And the reason it's important to know the difference is that they do require slightly different care! So let's go! Two resources I mention in the video that really help identifying the parentage of hybrid orchids, which then helps you figure out whether your orchid is a cold/cool/intermediate/warm/hot grower are:
anos.org.au/wp-content/upload...
This is a list of all the registered Australian orchid hybrids. From there you can see the species ancestors of your orchid and research its original habitat. To look up the species orchid name once you've found it go to :
www.orchidspecies.com/
And put the name of your orchid after .com.
For other non Australian hybrid types go to:
www.orchids.org/home/index
And again once you've found the species ancestors you can search on orchid species .com
0:00 introduction
0:28 the essential difference between soft & hard cane Dendrobiums!
0:55 The flowers on a hard cane Dendrobium
1:11 Which is Deciduous and which is not deciduous?
1:24 The flowers on a soft cane Dendrobium
1:55 How the difference is useful to know when it comes to care
2:08 Dendrobium Red Ballerina ‘Macquarie’ introduction
3:35 Discovering it's temperature requirements
5:16 How to research the ancestry of your hybrid orchid to learn its best care
6:06 Winter rest for Dendrobium Red Ballerina ‘Macquarie’
7:03 New growth time to flowering
7:47 Dendrobium Euryalus introduction
9:00 Himalayan Dendrobiums are great for cooler climates!
9:34 Flowering times of Dendrobium Euryalus
9:49 Dry cool winter rest for Dendrobium Euryalus
11:07 Where the flowers appear
11:35 What to do with old leafless canes
12:02 Winter watering
13:35 Light conditions for hard cane Dendrobiums

[@anndriggers6660]

This is so crazy! I have had this question on my mind for the last couple of days and was looking at my dendrobiums to try and figure out if they were going to bloom from the stem or from a branch. And 2 hours later, there's this video! So cool!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching - glad it was useful!

[@carolzlata6913]

Hi great job of sharing your knowledge and showing how handsome your orchids are rich and healthy the plants are. No yellow or black spotted leaves. You're doing a great job.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you - and thanks for watching!

[@costadenae4692]

thanks for sharing, lots of great info as usual, my soft cane flowered for me just this spring, but my hard cane one has yet to flower. I had then under grow lights, but will change that for the summer months, and give them more bright light in the fall and winter, hopefully this will push them to flower. it makes sense as in their natural environment, in the summer months they grow under the canopies of the trees, getting less light than in the winter, when the trees have lost their leaves. happy growing!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching and good luck! I'm just starting to try hard cane dendrobiums other than the usual Australian ones so we'll see! Too cold for them outside for me in winter so I'll see if I can give them enough winter light inside!

[@PaNdeM0niuM]

Matthew, it takes 2-3months for spikes/buds to mature.
Its June now, so the Soft Cane will bloom in mid to late August/Early Sept (which is Spring)

[@helloplantlovers]

Hmm it bloomed for me in November (which is late spring early summer) last year and the buds formed later in the piece too so this bud formation is quite a bit earlier for my plant than previous flowerings.

[@tanvishetty1]

my dendrobium nobiles leaves arrived really droopy and canes too seemed too watery

[@BrendonVS80]

Hello Mathew, great videos mate! Please tell me what media you use for your hard cane dendrobium? Regards from South Africa

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching! I use a light free draining mix of medium sized bark which includes about 10% charcoal + 10% perlite with a sprinkle of shell grit (chicken feed! for calcium) and a dash of mycorrhizal fungi powder (root growth) and a few grains of generic slow release fertiliser in the mix too. Good luck!

[@JulieLovesOrchids]

Hi plants lovers. Hope you can make a video about orchids that you can grow outdoor in melbourne winter :), orchids that doesn’t need to go indoor. Tnx

[@helloplantlovers]

Hi there and thanks for watching! Lots of mine do stay outside all year including this one Dendrobium euryalus. All my cymbidiums stay outside, and Zygopetalum, and the Australian Dendrobiums Kingianum & speciosum, Wilsonaria, Miltassia, all the perennial terrestrial types....I've made videos for many of these but perhaps I'll create a play list dedicated to the outdoors ones to make it easier?

[@helloplantlovers]

Here we go! th-cam.com/video/c0RWCU6QeBc/w-d-xo.html

[@JulieLovesOrchids]

@@helloplantlovers thank you so much. I love orchids but i got limited space indoor so i prefer to buy orchids that i can grown outdoor without bringing them in during winter. And ever since i found your videos i have been following you lol coz i also live in se melb. Ty

[@helloplantlovers]

@@JulieLovesOrchids Aha! Well good luck - there are so many you can grow outside here as long as they are protected from rain and full sun. I grew a lot on a city balcony with dappled shade and all that the city micro climate threw at them!

[@gc5258]

Yes!!!

[@donatellatosi4660]

hi Matthew, my name is Donatella from Italy, I would like to ask you if you know Seramis and if you know how to use it with phalenosis and cymbidium
Thank you ( thanks for your translation) . Have a nice afternoon
Donatella

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching! I’ve never used it so couldn’t say I’m afraid! But good luck if you use it!

[@nichetbutler3906]

Hi , I over watered my Dendrobium Tobaense,It seems to be fine but for a softer spot near the middle. Will it firm back up within a week?

[@helloplantlovers]

Hi there - not sure to be honest! Generally if a cane has rotted in some way, it's irreversible. The hope is the whole plant isn't effected and it can send up a new growth in the right season. Either way I'd keep it on the drier side and see what happens. Good luck!

[@nichetbutler3906]

Thanks Matthew, I think that it will be okay as long as I do what you say and withhold water for a few days.

[@lisaallen7219]

Are the hard cane dendrobium be called a dendrobium Phalaenopsis also?

[@helloplantlovers]

The Dendrobium Phalaenopsis types are also hard caned - they mostly flower from the top of the canes which are also finer. Mine are not this type though.

[@jacmm82]

Which orchids are best for Melbourne climate.

[@helloplantlovers]

Hi there - every orchid I make a video about I'm growing here in Melbourne.

[@katrinahickey4057]

Thanks for the info Mathew, I’m hoping you can help me, I’ve been given an Orchid which has no tag, it has four straight sides on the canes like a long square canes, have you ever heard of this?

[@helloplantlovers]

Hmmmm....hard to say with out seeing it! Depends where you are climate wise as to what people might have to give? But it could well be a hard cane Dendrobium? If you want to assume it is give it good morning light, then dappled light the rest of the day and let it dry between watering and a loose medium. When it flowers you'll know for sure as it will flower from the top rather than up the cane. The Australian hard cane Dendrobiums are all in flower or bud now depending where you are in the country.

[@katrinahickey4057]

@@helloplantlovers thank you, yes I was told it was a Dendrobium I just wondered what type, thank you 🙏

[@michaeln3125]

Sounds like it might be Dendrobium tetragonum Katrina.

[@PaNdeM0niuM]

Its pronounced Bye-gib-bem, not biggy-bum

[@helloplantlovers]

That's hilarious! Thank you!