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Originally Posted by Irisha99
Thanks, I’ll try increasing the light. The potting mix is the same for both, Twinkie. I use orchiata mix. Providing cooler temperatures is tricky. They are in the room on a window sill. Outside is freezing cold, I can’t take them out. And to open the window in the room would make the room cold. Day time and night temperatures range from 63-68F. I live in NYC and it’s a rollercoaster from 10F to 50’sF in a matter of days. Maybe I’ll wait and see what happens in a month or two. It might bloom later 🤷*♀️
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What is your heat source? I only crack the window when night time Fall temperatures are obviously falling, just to give them that shock but I know it won't get too too cold. Then I use my low-set thermostat to continue with cooler temps for another week or so, then turn night time temp up inside a bit. Once they spike I keep at very lowest high 50's and low to mid 60's at night (I'm a weenie, I use an electric blanket
) and then turn it up in the day to 70-72 or even higher. I'm not sure how you could lower your night temps besides cracking a window or setting your thermostat lower, which right now is probably not a good idea!
Are you using any kind of bloom booster such as Jack's? I'm no expert but after the last blooms have fallen I watch to see what the plant seems to be going for, I decide whether I need to repot, pump it back up with bloom boost or leave it be while it focuses on leaf growth etc. Summer blooms usually leave a window of some weeks before true Fall when the plant will indicate which way it's fixin' to go, so I follow that. Some plants I cut one spike back and leave the strongest looking etc. and usually they will roar to life shortly. I also catch rainwater and use only that, tepid, and soak the phals water up to the rim of the pot for about 15 minutes, mornings up til noon on sunny days only, then I use water soluble Jacks, let drain, put back on their moist pebble trays. I bet your other phal will spike soon with the coming warming weather. Cheeky little devil is making you wait!