Vanda Lost All Leaves? It's a Deciduous Dendrobium

Vanda (actually deciduous Dendrobium) lost all leaves: yellow → mustard → fell. Moved to garage for winter, watering weekly, 20-20-20 feed. Phals doing well, spiking.

Identification Correction

Thin leaves + cane structure = deciduous Dendrobium, not Vanda. Leaf loss is normal dormancy.

Phalaenopsis Spike Care

Bring indoors after buds open. Spikes are phototropic—moving before opening twists them.

Dendrobium Rest Care

• Cut water to every 2 weeks until new growth at base.
• Old cane unlikely to releaf.
• May reflower leafless (some hybrids).

Label the pot "Dendrobium" so you remember!