Habineria: Where are we going wrong?

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What are the numerical values for the temperature (please note the night and day temperatures please - not to mention the seasonal temperatures) and humidity?

What's the watering regimen?

Were the leaves misted or not? If so, how often was it done?

What kind of pot did you use? Plastic? Terra cotta?

Did you guys know that this was a terrestrial orchid and not an epiphytical one?

Did you know that this plant goes deciduous and becomes dormant?

I need to know what you guys know in order to help you.


Habenaria form "root tubers" or more correctly termed tuberous roots. So yes, this plant does make roots.

The growth cycle goes like this:

1. Dormant tuberous root.

2. Dormant tuberous root grows a shoot.

3. Shoot turns into leaves and grows more leaves.

4. After the shoot gets to be a certain size, roots grow out.

5. Once the shoot matures, it may or may not throw out an inflorescence.

6. Regardless of whether or not the plant throws out an inflorescence, each root will form a tuberous growth.

7. When the temperatures cool down, the shoot starts to slowly die back, while the tuberous roots reach the size they will become during dormancy.

8. Shoot completely dies off, while the old tuberous root dies off as well.

9. New tuberous roots are left behind and are dormant.


And the cycle continues.