Suggestions for culture of new orchids..lepanthes and masdevilla

[vraev]

Hi guys,

Finally...I was able to get in my new orchids today. They came in fantastic condition and I am very pleased with them. The amazing quality of these plants itself makes me think that it is a responsibility to keep them growing n that good condition. I dont care much about flowering.

I only have one other orchid: Lepanthes telipogoniflora and it has been doing pretty well.

Please offer some suggestions as I am truly not an orchid grower. I am a nepenthes enthusiaist and I am currently growing these plants in a highland nepenthes tank. Temps can go to 82F during day in this tank during spring and temps can get down to 55F at night. During summer is a problem as temps have gotten to 93F or so during peak times for a month or so and then I use an AC at night to cool to 60F. I know I have to be careful with these temps.

ANyways here are some pics.. I basically mounted all the lepanthes using the sphagnum moss that came with the plant on cork bark. The masdevilla and dracula are potted in a mix of sphagnum moss, charcoal and orchid bark in a 3.5" net pot.





Lepanthes calodycton


Lepanthes gargoyla and lepanthes ophioglossa


Lepanthes micropeltata and lepanthes melpomene


M. patula


D. chiroptera


D. vampira


To end this series, here is a pic of the regular inhabitants of my other tank, a Cephalotus follicularis



thanks,

V