Dendrobium Spring Dream (‘Apollon’) (PBR)

There are many orchids available now, but this is a rather beautiful form with white, lightly fragrant nodding flowers and a greenish central eye, standing out from tall cane-like stems usually from January through to June. With large deep green, glossy oval leaves this orchid is a stunner. Please note that the pot in the photograph is not supplied with the plant (which is sent out in a simple nursery pot). They do however make excellent potted plants, and if you wish to pot yours up, we do have a wide range of pots on our website to choose from.

Once it has flowered you can trim off the spent flowers but leave the ‘cane’ stems as they may support some more flowers in the following years. Over time some of the older ‘canes’ may become a bit woody and shrivelled – these can be cut off at the base as long as there are three new healthy canes with leaves. To flower in subsequent years the plant will need cool temperatures and less water in the autumn and early winter for the buds to develop.

Once the buds have formed, however, you can increase the watering and move it back to a warmer room to enjoy the floral display.